On January 25, Beijing time, the Australian Open men's singles 1/4 final once again ended a match, still a five-set war, the 7th seed Berrettini fought hard in five sets to eliminate the 17th seed Monfils, the first time to enter the Australian Open men's singles final four. In this way, Nadal's opponent in the semi-finals is Berrettini. Whether it can impact the 21st crown, Nadal's battle is also crucial.
In the first set of Berrettini's match against Monfils, Berrettini took the lead in the 5th set and then seized the advantage of a break set to win 6-4. In the second set, Berrettini broke again in the 7th set, before the two sides could be said to tear up in the dark, and finally Berrettini won another set 6-4 with a break advantage.
After losing two sets in a row, Monfils began to fight back in the third set, completed the break in the 6th set, and successfully grasped this break advantage, 6-3 to recover a set. In the fourth set, Monfils broke in the 5th set, and then broke Berrettini's unavoidable serve to successfully drag the match into the decider 6-3. In the decider, Berrettini made a comeback, a strong streak to protect the opening 4-0 lead, after which the suspense disappeared, Andreitini won 6-2, the aggregate score of 3-2 passed. The entire game took 229 minutes.
In this way, the penultimate opponent of Nadal's 21 crowns was born, that is, Berrettini, who defeated the opponent in the 2019 US Open. Of course, Nadal wants to create a new history, the difficulty is certainly there, in the quarter-finals, Nadal almost fell on the stove, after a five-set battle test, 248 minutes of bitter battle, 6-3/6-4/4-6/3-6/6-6-3 eliminated the Canadian shapovalov.
Nadal vs. Berrettini will be the first semi-final of the Australian Open men's singles, we sit and wait for this showdown, see Nadal impact the unprecedented Grand Slam 21 crown, the last two steps, how to go?