Stan Wawrinka wins Australian Open over hobbled Rafael Nadal

1 Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final on Sunday. Wawrinka has never won a set off Nadal, losing 26 straight sets in 12 matches. Then again, he hadn't beaten Novak Djokovic in 14 straight matches and finally got the best of him in the

No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal is set to take on No. 8 seed Stanislas Wawrinka in the final of the 2014 Australian Open.

Seven years ago, a precocious 20 year old named Rafael Nadal took to Rod Laver Arena to face an emerging star in Stanislas Wawrinka, in the third round of the 2007 Australian Open. In what would be the first of 12 

Rafael Nadal's run through the Melbourne draw has put him on top of tennis' trending topics at the 2014 Australian Open.

night's Australian Open final. (AFP: Saeed Khan (left), Paul Crock (right)) · Map: Melbourne 3000. World number one Rafael Nadal is chasing his 14th major title when he takes on Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in the Australian Open final on Sunday.