Safeguarding champion Roger Federer points once more to modify the history books Sunday as he lines up for a 30th Grand Slam last, with just Marin Cilic hindering another title.
The Swiss ace keeps on resisting the years as his long-term rivals fall by the wayside.
Triumph would give him a 6th Melbourne crown to put him nearby Novak Djokovic and Roy Emerson in the record-breaking Australian Open pioneer list.
It would likewise observe him turn into the principal man to win 20 Grand Slam titles. Just three ladies Steffi Graf (22), Serena Williams (23), and Margaret Court (24) - have won more.
By making a seventh last, he has effectively taken sole responsibility for Melbourne last appearances ever.
Croat Cilic, the 6th seed, defeated Federer while in transit to winning the 2014 US Open last, yet that was his lone triumph in nine experiences and Federer has inauspiciously yet to drop a set in Melbourne this year.
The ice-cool 36-year-old-the most established man in the last since Ken Rosewall in 1972 - is content with where he is at.
"That is to say, I've won all my matches without dropping a set. Things must be okay on the off chance that I haven't dropped a set and in the last," he said in front of the night coordinate on Rod Laver Arena.
"I'm satisfied that my diversion has been great from the earliest starting point of the competition up until now."
In Cilic, he has a prepared adversary who has tasted Grand Slam accomplishment sometime recently, at the 2014 US Open, beating Kei Nishikori in the last.
He additionally made the Wimbledon last a year ago, losing to Federer as he battled with agonizing rankles.
In Melbourne, the 29-year-old has had a trailblazing competition to wind up plainly the principal Croatian man or lady to show up in an Australian Open decider.
"I'm feeling okay physically, despite the fact that I had a couple of matches that went over three hours," Cilic said.
"I've played an extraordinary competition up until this point, I'm playing substantially more forceful, hitting a large portion of the shots better than average."
Be that as it may, he knows beating Federer is a high obstacle.
"When it gets to the semi-finals, finals, he improves and better and is playing incredible tennis. So with him, it's dependably a major test," he conceded.
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