He broke Federer late in the first set and captured a back-and-forth second set that featured seven service breaks by breaking Federer four times.
Meanwhile England's Steven Finn said adapting to Australian conditions was not the decisive issue for the touring bowlers after a back-and-forth second day at The Gabba.
The Spaniard then bettered second-seeded Nishikori through several superb rallies in a back-and-forth second set to win key points and claim his 69th career title in his 101st final.
A back-and-forth third set, which featured four consecutive service breaks and each player's bouncing back from her own mistakes, careered into the tiebreaker.
Against Bartoli, McHale showed remarkable poise for her age, especially in the back-and-forth first set, which she squeaked out in a tiebreaker.
A back-and-forth first half saw Butler head to the locker room only down two, but St . Louisand junior forward Dwayne Evans, who led all scorers with 24 points, widened the margin in the second half.
In a back-and-forth fourth quarter in which neither team had more than a 4-point lead, Murray drove past Terrell Brandon and drew a blocking foul from Joe Smith while banking a shot in.
Early, it looked as if that fate might befall Djokovic, but he captured a back-and-forth first set by getting hot during the tie breaker while Verdasco struggled with unforced errors.
Pitchfork Media stated that Harrison "knows something about horns, big glorious ascending heavenly anthemic horns" and "drums, huge sweaty riotous back-and-forth second-line old-school Clyde Stubblefield drums".
The story, by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, is about a Czech scientist who has devised some wonder widget that will win the war (is there any other kind?) and who spends much of the movie being snatched back and forth, first by the Gestapo and then by the British.
Later, the cover editor explained to me that the chief editor, David Remnick, went back and forth, first accepting my cover design, then rejecting it, then accepting it, then rejecting it.
