Roger Federer made it through to a record seventh Australian Open final when South Korean Chung Hyeon retired in the second set of their semi-final, BBC Sport reports. Defending champion Federer, 36, goes on to face Croatian sixth seed Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final. Federer was on course to take a two-set lead after just 62 minutes when the second semi-final came to an abrupt halt. “I thought the first set was normal,” said Federer. “In the second set I felt he was getting slower.

Source: Punch January 27, 2018 00:56 UTC