"Everything proceeds according to plan". This could be the best phrase to summarize what has happened so far to the Australian Open. After Marin Cilic released in the semi-final of the British Kyle Edmund, also His Majesty, Roger Federer reaches the final of the first Slam of the 2018.
The Swiss 36enne reaches for the seventh time the final of the Australian Open where it will be faced by the current champion, the Croatian Cilic, the current 6 number of the world, facilitated in the quarterfinals by the injury to the world leader Rafa Nadal.
Sunday, in Melbourne, there will be a sort of remake of the last final played seven months ago on Wimbledon's grass.
Unstoppable march that of Roger Federer, who comes to this final, the overall 30 ^ in a Grand Slam, without losing a single set.
Against one of the happiest surprises of the tournament, the South Korean 21enne Hyeon Chung, number 58 of the ATP ranking and first tennis player of his country to reach a similar result, the match lasts just over an hour and ends with the withdrawal, on the score of 6-1, 5-2 for Federer, of the young Asian, due to annoying bladders formed under the sole of the foot.
So the Swiss tennis player will have the chance to win his title 6 ° at the Melbourne Park on Sunday, the 20 ° title in a Slam
It will be the tenth direct confrontation between the two: Federer is ahead for 8 in 1, with only the Croatian's statement in the semifinals of the US Open 2014, the only Slam won so far by Cilic.
To the microphones of the reporters, Roger Federer commented on today's meeting: “I think the first set was almost normal for him as a physical condition, then later I saw that he was suffering from blisters and struggling to move. I know they are very painful. I wish the best to Chung, who we will surely find soon among the top ten "then speaking of the next opponent he said:" He is a very powerful player, we have already faced each other a few times in the Grand Slams. And I also found him on vacation, in the Maldives, and we even trained a bit together… We saw him against Nadal in the quarterfinals and also yesterday in the semifinals with Edmund. If Marin has reached the end of a tough tournament like this, it means that he is doing very well and has great confidence in himself: I can't wait to compete with him in the final ”.
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