On January 25, 2022, the Australian Open continued, the ninth matchday, the singles quarterfinals began, the former tournament champion Spain star Nadal fought hard in five sets, narrowly defeated Canada's Shapovalov, the first to advance to the men's singles final four, he will impact the 21st grand slam championship of his career, the women's singles burst out of the cold, the American star Keith swept the Czech first sister Krejickova.
Nadal is this year's Australian Open men's singles No. 6 seed, the three giants are the only one to play, by the outside fans are optimistic about the impact of the 21st Grand Slam men's singles championship, the first to create a new history, the number one opponent is the No. 2 seed Russian star Medvedev, just last year Medvedev made a breakthrough, in the US Open to defeat the world's first Djokovic, won the first Grand Slam men's singles championship of his career.
Opponent Shapovalov is 22 years old, is a very talented young player, the first time to reach the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals, but this game, everyone is not very optimistic about him, Nadal has a lot of experience, strong ability to adjust on the spot, good psychological quality, these are the advantages, as far as the current situation is concerned, or Nadal, Beretini, Medvedev, Tsitsipas four people are most likely to advance.
There is still a gap in the comprehensive strength of the two, although Shapovalov eliminated the Olympic champion Zverev Jr., but there was no chance of victory against Nadal, the first set Nadal scored four consecutive points in the fourth set, taking the lead in completing the break, and then the two sides each saved their own serve, Nadal took the lead 6-3, Shapovalov was helpless against Nadal's serve, and the result of the game lost suspense in advance.
In the second set, Shapovalov scored 4 consecutive points to easily save the serve, but he just couldn't break Nadal's serve, the two sides fell into a battle, the score alternately rose, Nadal's overall performance was better, with the seventh set break to win another set 6-4, the third set Shapovalov backwater, the 10th set seized the opportunity to complete the break, to 6-4 to recover a set, Nadal's energy declined, and the number of mistakes increased.
Shapovalov then took advantage of the situation to chase, broke twice to chase another set 6-3, decided to withstand the pressure, ended the game 6-3, and finally eliminated Shapovalov 3-2, taking the lead in advancing to the Australian Open men's singles final four, waiting for the winners of Beretini and Monfils.
Women's singles American star Keyes set another record, swept the No. 4 seed Czech Craigskova 6-3, 6-2, won ten consecutive wins in the new season, and entered the Australian Open women's singles semifinals after seven years, this is her fifth grand slam women's singles final four, waiting for the winners of Barty and Pegula, just last year the French Open Krejickova achieved a double, but the competitiveness to the hard ground is still a little worse.