Tennis: Nadal, Federer Paths To Australian Open Final

MELBOURNE, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Jan, 2017 ) - The paths of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to the Australian Open final on Sunday (x denotes seeded player): Rafael Nadal (ESP x9) 1st rd: bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 2nd rd: bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 3rd rd: bt Alexander Zverev (GER x24) 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 4th rd: bt Gael Monfils (FRA x6) 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 QF: bt Milos Raonic (CAN x3) 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4 SF: bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x15) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-4 Roger Federer (SUI x17) 1st rd: bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 2nd rd: bt Noah Rubin (USA) 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) 3rd rd: bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 4th rd: bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 QF: bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-1, 7-5, 6-2 SF: bt Stan Wawrinka (SUI x4) 7-5, 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3