MELBOURNE – Roger Federer honed his razor-sharp tennis to near-perfection yesterday as he stormed into the final of the Kooyong Classic with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/2) defeat of Russian rival Marat Safin.
The contest, which lasted just over an hour, was a sharp contrast to the laboured victory the world number one earned just 24 hours earlier, requiring three tiebreakers to get past Radek Stepanek. Streaky Russian Safin looms as a potential spoiler for Federer’s chances at a second consecutive Australian Open title when the first major of the season begins on Monday at Melbourne Park.Nampa-AFPStreaky Russian Safin looms as a potential spoiler for Federer’s chances at a second consecutive Australian Open title when the first major of the season begins on Monday at Melbourne Park.Nampa-AFP
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