Roger Federer wins sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title

Roger federer won his sixth australian open and twentieth grand slam identify with a five-set victory over marin cilic.

The swiss misplaced five games in a row as he dropped the fourth set but recovered to win 6-2 6-7 (five-7) 6-3 three-6 6-1.

Federer, 36, will become only the fourth player after margaret court, serena williams and steffi graf to win 20 or more predominant singles titles.

"it's a dream come authentic and the fairytale continues," said federer, who has won 3 of the ultimate five majors.

Choice to shut roof criticised
The second one golden age of roger federer
Response to federer's australian open win
The very last was performed below the rod laver area roof as the event's intense warmth policy was invoked.

Despite beginning at 19:30 neighborhood time in melbourne, the situations were if anything extra checking out than 24 hours earlier, while caroline wozniacki and simona halep performed to the point of exhaustion in the women's final.

With the roof closed and air-conditioning taking the threshold off the temperature, federer and cilic performed out a gripping contest over three hours and  mins.

After a terrible begin, cilic appeared to have the momentum while he received five video games in a row to force a fifth set, but federer clung on to his serve at the begin of the decider and got the important thing break inside the following game.

The swiss ties the document for guys's australian open titles at six with novak djokovic and roy emerson, and movements 4 clean of rafael nadal within the all-time listing for male grand slam champions on 20.

"i am so glad, it is implausible," federer added. "after the year i had closing yr, it is remarkable."federer holds off cilic fightback
Cilic, 29, had come into the final brimming with positivity after an outstanding run to the final that blanketed 1 / 4-very last win over nadal, but he made a desperate begin.

He won just 4 factors in losing the outlet 4 games, and federer fired down again-to-lower back aces on his way to serving out the set after 25 minutes.

The swiss noticed off  destroy factors early inside the 2nd, roaring "come on!" as he pulled a forehand winner down the line, and then resumed his assault at the cilic serve.

3 smash points had been stored, the third with a 2nd-serve ace, as cilic edged his manner into a tie-ruin and a threat to claw his way returned into the healthy.

The 2014 us open champion did just that when a big cross-court forehand added up two set factors, and he smashed away the second one to degree.

Federer seemed to have regained manipulate when a deep return drew an blunders as he broke for 4-2 in the third, and a excellent half-volley select-up said the self belief became flowing as he moved beforehand again.

With a point for a double-wreck early in the fourth, federer appeared as accurate as domestic, however his first-serve commenced to falter and cilic ripped into the second serve together with his huge forehand.After two hours and 10 minutes he in the end broke the federer serve, and a jolt of adrenaline coursed through the croat - and the crowd - as this surprising fightback took him to two sets all.

Federer became now struggling to incorporate the arena number six, and turned into relieved to look a return hit the net on wreck point at the begin of the fifth, earlier than roaring as a serve saw off a second risk for the croat.

The swiss had halted the momentum and within the next sport he grabbed it for himself with a deep, fizzing return that cilic could not deal with.

Nerves were nevertheless apparent because the 8-time wimbledon champion entreated himself on for the duration of the changeover, but he changed into no longer approximately to allow his opponent back in, and another spoil of serve all however made sure.

There was time for one greater moment of uncertainty for federer while, simply as in final 12 months's final, he became forced to attend on match point for hawk-eye to confirm that he had certainly retained the name.Roof closed in trying out situations
The choice earlier than the healthy to keep the roof closed become greeted with marvel by way of those in rod laver arena.

As forecast, the temperature in melbourne for the duration of sunday reached a very testing 37.5c, but that became under the 41c experienced earlier within the match, when the extreme warmness rule turned into no longer involved.

But, the rule is not only primarily based on ambient temperature, however additionally other factors such as humidity, wind velocity and angle of sun, referred to as the moist bulb globe temperature (wbgt).

"the match referee made this choice based totally on certified and professional recommendation from the bureau of meteorology who are on website online, and the event's chief scientific officer," examine a tennis australia statement.

"at no other time throughout the occasion this year has the wbgt analyzing reached the brink."