Novak Djokovic had to thwart a spirited fightback from Roger Federer on his way to another final of the Australian Open in Melbourne with a 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3 success. The world number one and defending champion threatened to blow Federer away with some miraculous play in the opening two sets of the semi-final as he silenced the pro-Federer crowd on Rod Laver with some bewitching dominance from deep. Djokovic's play was so sharp and cutting it had to be seen to be believed as he broke three times almost at will in the first two sets, even if it was perhaps helped along by the 17-time Grand Slam winner's somewhat odd reluctance to come to net. Federer, still a magnificent world number three at the age of 34, looked in a state of shock in falling so badly behind so early on, but somehow rallied in the third set to force the match to a fourth before Djokovic pounced on his first break point opportunity at 30-40 on a faltering Federer serve for a 5-3 lead. Amid mostly silence or groans, a crushing return landed at his opponent's feet as the Serbian player punched the air realising the match was finally in his hands. A love service game in the ninth game of the fourth helped Djokovic into the final of a tournament he has already won five times in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015. If Djokovic wins Sunday's final against world number two Andy Murray or 13th seed Milos Raonic, he will equal the all-time record set by Australian Roy Emerson in the 1960s. Djokovic moves 23-22 clear of Federer in head-to-head meetings following wins over his great rival in the Wimbledon and US Open finals last season. The last of Federer's four victories at Melbourne Park was back in 2010.
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We had our short priced treble up yesterday and lets try and do the same thing again today. Today's short priced treble is, Zeballos to beat Samper-Montana, Estrella to beat Bourgue and Edmund to beat Meister
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Ernesto Escobedo vs Noah Rubin
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Today is a game of tennis in USA Hawaii hard challenger game and today is game between escobedo vs Rubin Noah and this game I am betting to correct score that is Rubin will win in straight sets well
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USA Maui - Hawaii Challenger (hard) 01/30 00:00 Duckworth J. - Tiafoe F. 1.59 - 2.27 - Duckworth J. to win the match
Australia ATP Australian Open Doubles (hard) 01/30 10:00 Soares B./Murray J. - Nestor D./Stepanek R. 1.57 - 2.40 - Soares B./Murray J. to win the match
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No luck with our short priced treble yesterday, we had two out of the three selections correct, and i apologise for that. Today's short priced treble is, Martin to beat Gomez, Souza to beat Endara and Sugita to beat Ilkel
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Australian Open - Mixed Doubles January 31 06:00 Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares----------2 Coco Vandeweghe Horia Tecau----------2 ATP Challenger - Bucaramanga, Colombia January 30 17:00 Horacio Zeballos Paolo Lorenzi----------1 18:45 Mathias Bourgue Gerald Melzer----------1 20:30 Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos----------1
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Australia Australian Open Mixed Doubles (hard) 01/31 05:00 Soares B./Vesnina E. - Tecau H./Vandeweghe C. 1.57 - 2.38 - Soares B./Vesnina E. to win the match
Australia ATP Australian Open (hard) 01/31 08:30 Djokovic N. - Murray A. 1.19 - 5.20 - Djokovic N. to win the match
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We had another short priced treble up yesterday and lets try and keep the winning run going today. Today's short priced treble is, Ymer to beat Janvier, Souza to beat Quiroz and Kyle Edmund to beat Wu
