On January 28, 2022, the Australian Open men's singles final match was released, Spain's Nadal defeated Italy's brother Beretini 3-1, Russia's Medvedev eliminated Greece's brother Tsitsipas 3-1, and finally Nadal fought against Medvedev for the championship.
No. 6 seed Spain's Nadal played steadily, eliminating No. 7 Chinese men's Italy Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, reaching the Australian Open men's singles final for the sixth time in his career, just one step away from the 21st Grand Slam men's singles champion, double-circle full slam, which is the 29th time that the 35-year-old Nadal has reached the Grand Slam men's singles final and won his 500th personal victory in the hard court.
Next is the contest between two post-90s players, the 2nd seed Russia's Medvedev against the 4th seed Greece's Tsitsipas, Medvedev's achievements are even higher, he defeated Djokovic at the US Open last year, won the first Grand Slam men's singles championship of his career, and reached the Australian Open men's singles final four for two consecutive years, Medvedev once lost to Djokovic in the Australian Open final and was runner-up.
Tsitsipas once reversed Nadal, reached the Australian Open men's singles semifinals, the best grand slam result was runner-up, the French Open final lost to Djokovic, and Medvedev has played many times, the two have won and lost each other, last year's Australian Open semi-final Medvedev won 3-0.
In the first set, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, the strength is relatively close, no one has an absolute advantage, the key is to see the personal play and psychological quality, the two won six sets each into the seven-game battle, the key moment Medvedev's performance was even better, 5 draws scored 2 points in a row to 7-6 (5) to take the lead, in the second set Tsitsipas stepped up the offensive, with the advantage of one more break, to equalize 6-4.
Then Medvedev actively adjusted, through the change of rhythm, to bring more pressure to Tsitsipas, both sides each saved their own serve, Medvedev broke easily in the 10th set, took a 6-4 lead, in the fourth set Medvedev took advantage of the chase, just at the beginning of the 4 points to save, Tsitsipas mentality problems, the number of mistakes gradually increased, was fully suppressed by the opponent.
Tsitsipas chose to fight against Medvedev, but the effect was very poor, Medvedev completed the break in the fourth set, took a 4-1 lead, and then Medvedev broke the break, banged 6-1 to end the game, and finally eliminated Tsitsipas 3-1 to advance to the final, and then fought Nadal for the championship, he was only one victory away from the second Grand Slam men's singles title of his career.
Nadal stormed the Australian Open double, Medvedev fought for the first Australian Open title, who will laugh to the end, let's wait and see.