Britain's Andy Murray reacts during his semifinal match against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Britain's Andy Murray reacts during his semifinal match against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after winning the second set of his men's semifinal against Britain's Andy Murray at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Britain's Andy Murray gestures for a video replay of a line call during his men's semifinal against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ? Andy Murray has beaten Roger Federer for the first time in a Grand Slam event to advance to the Australian Open final against top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
Murray, who became the first British man to win a major in 76 years when he beat Djokovic in last year's U.S. Open final, missed a chance to serve for the match in the fourth set before beating Federer 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2 in a tense semifinal Friday.
The No. 3-ranked Murray, who lost Australian finals in 2010 and 2011, will be playing his third consecutive major final when he takes on two-time defending champion Djokovic on Sunday.
Murray lost the Wimbledon final to Federer ? their third meeting in a major ? before his career breakthrough in New York.
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