No. 9-seed Rafael Nadal will face No. 17-seed Roger Federer on Sunday in the Australian Open final in a renewal of one of tennis' classic rivalries. The match will be a rematch of Nadal and Federer's most recent meeting, the 2009 contest in which the Spaniard defeated the Swiss star in five sets.
En route to the final, Nadal needed nearly five hours and five sets to defeat No. 15-seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 on Friday. Federer defeated No. 3-seed Stan Wawrinka in five sets on Thursday to secure his place in the final.