Djokovic beats Murray in Australian Open, to play Rafael Nadal in the finals

The Australian open saw a thrilling five set match between Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Britain’s Andy Murray. The roller coaster match lasted nearly five hours as the Serbian top seed, trailing two sets to one, stormed back to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1, 7-5 to set up a title match with Rafael Nadal.

“There’s not any words that can describe the feeling I have now,” Djokovic said. “Andy deserves the credit to come back into the match after 2-5 down. He was fighting, I was fighting.”

Djokovic now gets a shot at his third Australian Open title playing against Rafael Nadal.

Djokovic has had a stellar season in 2011, winning 10 titles including the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, drew first blood on Rod Laver Arena, breaking in the fourth game when the Scot double-faulted.

In the game, Djokovic took the opening set and faltered early in the second. Murray ironed out the errors and decided to dictate the lawn, leveling the match and taking the third set on a tie-break. He couldn’t sustain the performance and fourth set saw errors crawled back into Murray’s game and Djokovic raced through the gears to take it 6-1 in just 25 minutes.

Djokovic smashed a crucial break in the sixth game of the final set. Murray fought back, but Djokovic won the match by breaking the Scot in the 12th game.