Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will meet in the US Open final for the second year in a row after winning their semifinals on a day of unrelenting drama and precision tennis at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.

Djokovic showed why he is the hottest player in the game right now when he saved two match points to roar back from the brink of defeat and beat Roger Federer in a five-set thriller that whipped the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd into a frenzy of excitement.

Then Nadal, his form and confidence soaring with each match he plays, powered past Britain's Andy Murray 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 and set up a mouthwatering rematch between the top two players in the world.