MELBOURNE: An ailing Carlos Alcaraz said “believing” helped him pull through one of the most demanding matches of his career to down Alexander Zverev in five epic sets and reach his first Australian Open final Friday. The world number one outlasted the German third seed 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (3/7), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5 over a titanic 5hrs 27 mins in hot conditions and will play either Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic in Sunday’s title match in Melbourne. The Spaniard only narrowly avoided crashing out after a huge fright at 4-4 in the third set when he pulled up in pain with what appeared to be cramp.

Few people predicted anything other than Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner meeting in the Australian Open final - will Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic stop them?

Condicionado por unos calambres que por poco le dejan en la cuneta, el murciano se recupera a tiempo para tumbar a una gran versión del alemán (6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7 y 7-5)