Federer vs. Murray in Aussie Final?

Murray can take him.

With Rafael Nadal out of the Australian Open, beset by knee problems that may make the rest of his career a lot less interesting than it has been up to now, Andy Murray faces Maran Cilic, who beat Andy Roddick in five sets, to get to the Australian Open final. Roger Federer has to face Nikolay Davydenko, a question mark, to get there. It's somewhat amazing to me that Roger is in as good form as he is, given the twins that were born only six months ago. Clearly he has a good nanny (or nannies) to give him time to practice. And sleep.

Murray has shown he can beat Roger, but not in a Grand Slam. If it ends up being a Murray- Federer final, will Murray be ready for the big stage?

Still, Roger has to get past Davydenko and also, potentially, Djokovic. Could be tough.