It is Andy Murray vs Novak Djokovic

The Australian Open hasn't been straightforward for Andy Murray, the Scot who overcame Milos Raonic 4-6 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2 in a slugfest Friday to appear in a fifth final in Melbourne.He entered the tournament knowing that his wife, Kim Sears, was around eight

months pregnant. If he wasn't preoccupied with the upcoming birth of his first child -- due in the second week of February -- tennis certainly wasn't the lone thing in the 28-year-old's thoughts.Then almost exactly a week ago, his father-in-law and Sears' father Nigel collapsed while coaching Ana Ivanovic as Murray competed on an adjacent court.He raced to the hospital after the victory over Joao Sousa and again the next morning, throwing his tennis routine into chaos. He almost pulled out of the year's first major.Sears, thankfully, was well enough to return home to the UK.So Murray stuck it out and got what he wanted Friday: A spot in Sunday's showpiece.Whether he can finally oust Novak Djokovic in a huge match -- the Serb won six of their seven meetings in 2015 and has toppled Murray in three Australian Open finals -- is another matter but one he probably won't start mulling over fully until Saturday.