A dominant Novak Djokovic won the second set 6-2 against Rafael Nadal to take a stranglehold on the Australian Open final on Sunday.
The Serbian world number one, who is targeting a record seventh title at Melbourne Park, raced through the set in 39 minutes with the rattled Spaniard having no answers to his precision game.
Djokovic won the first set 6-3 in just 36 minutes.
Djokovic’s path to the Australian Open title
Novak Djokovic’s path to the 2019 Australian Open title on Sunday (x denotes seeding):
Novak Djokovic (SRB x1)
1st rd: bt Mitchell Krueger (USA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
2nd rd: bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
3rd rd: bt Denis Shapovalov (CAN x25) 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
4th rd: bt Daniil Medvedev (RUS x15) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3
Q-F: bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x8) 6-1, 4-1 retired
S-F: bt Lucas Pouille (FRA x28) 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
F: bt Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3