Huge effort from Cilic forces fifth set against Federer in final - follow live!
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Published 28/01/2018 at 11:06 GMT
Marin Cilic fought magnificently back to take Roger Federer to a fifth and final set in the Australian Open final.
Marin Cilic of Croatia celebrates winning a break point in his men's singles final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland on day 14 of the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 28, 2018 in Melbourne,
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Federer broke straight out of the gate and after four games had only conceded four points to his Croatian opponent - with a double break putting him in firm control.
Cilic won his first game to make it 4-1 but he could not claw Federer back, and the first set was over in 24 minutes.
Cilic came back in the second set though, taking Federer to a tie-break, which the big Croatian won 7-5.
Federer responded in kind and won the third 6-3 to get to within one set of his 20th Grand Slam title.
But a big potential shock was brewing in Melbourne when Cilic went into the zone and took the fourth set 603.
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