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IF CHAPTER 27 of sport's most durable one-on-one rivalry was decided by form, then most fancy that Roger Federer would score his 10th victory over Rafael Nadal tonight and thus qualify for his sixth Australian Open final.
Federer has had the marginally superior form, his straight-sets, drama-free victory over Juan Martin Del Potro, hitherto seen as a dangerman, was more authoritative than Nadal's four hour-plus wrestle with the man who doesn't shake hands, Tomas Berdych. But if history was the determining factor tonight, the reverse would apply. The past - read results of their matches - favours Nadal, who has won seven of their nine encounters in grand slam events. Eight of those matches were in finals and this will be just their second semi-final meeting; Federer...
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