Federer: Pressure is on Murray

World number one Roger Federer believes all the pressure will be on Andy Murray when they meet in the Australian Open final on Sunday.

Fri, 29 Jan, 2010 - 14:19

World number one Roger Federer believes all the pressure will be on Andy Murray when they meet in the Australian Open final on Sunday.

The 28-year-old Swiss set up a re-match of their 2008 US Open final meeting when he breezed through his semi-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in just an hour and 28 minutes to win 6-2 6-3 6-2.

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