Nadal reaches Australian Open final

Continuing his domination over Roger Federer, Spainiard Rafael Nadal reached the Australian Open final for the third time, beating  7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 on the Friday night.In the final he will play against No.8 Stan Wawrinka(Switzerland).

“It’s really, really emotional for me to be back on this court, Rod Laver Arena, and to be able to play another final,” Nadal said.

Nadal now has won 23 of his 33 matches against Roger, including 9 of 11 in the majors. He is just one victory away from becoming the first man in the Open era to win all the four majors at least twice, and from joining Pete Sampras in second place on the list of all-time Grand Slam winners with 14.

By reaching the final, Swiss player Wawrinka made it clear that he will replace Federer as their country’s highest-ranked player for the first time.

Last year,Nadal missed the Australian Open during a seven-month layoff for a knee injury, but came back and won the French and U.S. Opens among his 10 titles for the season and finished the year at No. 1.