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.