Murray grinds down weary Cilic to reach Open final

MELBOURNE: Andy Murray wore down Croatian 14th seed Marin Cilic over four sets to become the first Briton to reach the Australian Open final in 33 years last night.

The fifth seeded Scot, who had been on court eight hours less than Cilic for the tournament, won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in three hours and two minutes.

Murray will now play either Swiss top seed Roger Federer or French 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday's final.