On January 30, Beijing time, the Australian Open entered the last matchday of the competition, in the men's singles final focus battle, the no. 2 seed Medvedev met the no. 6 seed Nadal. The two sides have met a total of four times before, with Nadal having the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss. In today's match, the two sides fought fiercely in five sets, and Nadal staged a stunning reversal with the first two sets, defeating Medvedev 3-2 to win his 21st Grand Slam title.
In the first set, Nadal defused two break points in the 3rd set and Medvedev completed the break in the 5th set before taking a 4-2 lead. Nadal lost again in the 7th set, and Medvedev saved the set to win the first set 6-2 in the 8th set.
In the second set, Nadal broke in the fourth set to take a 3-1 lead. In the 7th game Nadal lost the serve, Medvedev, and in the 8th game Nadal broke again, leading 5-3 to win the set. Nadal missed a set in the 9th inning and Medvedev cashed in on the fifth break point. After that, both sides saved their own serves, and the second set was dragged into the seventh set. Nadal conceded four consecutive runs in seven sets at 5-3 and Medvedev won 7-5 in the second set.
In the third set, Nadal defused three consecutive break points in the 6th set to save the set, in the 9th set Nadal completed a key break in the opponent's service set, and in the 10th set Nadal successfully saved the serve to win the set and win the third set 6-4.
In the fourth set, Nadal defused two break points in the second set to save his serve, and in the third set he broke the Medvedev service, and Medvedev quickly broke back in the 4th set. In the 5th set, Nadal successfully cashed in on the seventh break point, and then he held the serve to take a 4-2 lead. In the 8th inning, Nadal deflected two consecutive break points to hold serve and take a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Medvedev defused the final point of the set and Nadal saved the set to win the set 6-4.
At the beginning of the decider, Medvedev defused the break point to save the set, and in the 5th set Nadal took the lead to complete the break, and then he defused the three break points to save the service to take a 4-2 lead. In the 10th set, Medvedev broke Nadal's serve to win the championship and chased the set to 5-5. In the 11th set, Nadal broke again, coming to serve 6-5 to win the championship. In the 12th set, Nadal managed to save his serve and win the decider 7-5.
In the end, in a match that took 5 hours and 24 minutes, the No. 6 seed Nadal defeated the No. 2 seed Medvedev 2-6/ 6-7 (5)/6-4/6-4/7-5 to win the Australian Open after 13 years, successfully lifting the 21st Grand Slam title of his career, so he surpassed Federer and Djokovic to occupy the first place in history.