Rafael Nadal wins fourth set to level Australian Open final

MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal won the fourth set of the

Australian Open final

6-4 to take the championship match against Russian second seed Daniil Medvedev into a decider on Sunday.

The Spanish sixth seed is aiming for a record 21st men's Grand Slam title and kept his hopes alive by grinding down an increasingly agitated Medvedev, breaking two times to the Russian's one.

Medvedev, who is bidding for a second major after his US Open title last year, won the opening two sets 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) before

Nadal

clinched the third 6-4.