On January 28, 2022, the Australian Open continued, the first final seat in the men's singles was released, the No. 6 seed Spanish star Nadal advanced 3-1, eliminating the No. 7 seed Italy's Berrettini, just one step away from the 21st Grand Slam men's singles champion, waiting for the winners of Medvedev and Tsitsipas, for Nadal, no matter who the opponent is, he has confidence.
Nadal is a legendary player, has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles in his career, most of which are from the French Open, so everyone calls him the king of clay, the Australian Open men's singles champion he has only won once, and now has the opportunity to impact the 21st Grand Slam crown, the 2nd Australian Open men's singles championship, the achievement of double grand slam, semi-finals against Dali a brother Beretini, everyone is optimistic about Nadal.
Berrettini's performance in the Grand Slam arena is very stable, in recent years can be said to be a regular in the final four, last year At Wimbledon he made a major breakthrough, reached the men's singles final, the result lost to the world's first Djokovic, Berrettini's forehand quality is very high, but there are problems with the backhand, such characteristics lead to him easy to be targeted, especially with Nadal, who has changed a lot of players.
In the first set, Nadal played steadily, completed the break at the beginning, took a 3-0 lead, and then both sides kept their own serves, Berrettini was fully suppressed, Nadal took the lead 6-3 first, in the second set Nadal broke twice, directly winning four consecutive sets, followed by the two sides each saved, Nadal won another set 6-2, Berrettini's weakness is obvious, relying on the forehand is too bad.
Next Beretini, Nadal's physical decline appeared more mistakes, Berrettini with the eighth set break advantage, to recover a set 6-3, the fourth set of both sides won three sets, Nadal even saved the belt to take a 5-3 lead, soon ended the game 6-3, and finally Nadal eliminated Berrettini 3-1, the first to advance to the men's singles final, and his opponent is likely to be the second seed Medvedev.
For Nadal, the next step is to go all out to fight, as long as you win one more game can make history, become the first player to win 21 Grand Slam men's singles titles, the opportunity is in front of us, whether Nadal can laugh at the end let us wait and see.
Mixed doubles field produced the first crown of this Australian Open, the No. 5 seed Dodig / Mladenovic defeated the host team Fries / Kübler 6-3, 6-4, Dodig won the Grand Slam mixed doubles title for the fourth time, Mladenovic is the third crown, after eight years to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title, just in the semi-final Dodig / Mladenovic 2-1 reverse Zhang Shuai / Pierce, China's Golden Flower did not have the opportunity to impact the championship.