In the 2022 Australian Open men's singles final, which took more than 5 hours, Nadal staged an epic reversal, losing the first two sets 0-2 in a row, and pulling three sets in a row to turn over with a big score of 3-2, and Nick Medvedev won the championship. At this year's Australian Open, Nadal fulfilled his dream and won the 21st Grand Slam title of his career, surpassing Federer and Djokovic, who won 20 titles, and crowned the first GOAT in history!
On the way to the final, Nadal eliminated Geelong, Hanfmann, Kachalov, Manarino, Shapovalov and Beretini, while Medvedev defeated Rakossonnan, Kyrgios, Van Dezand Silop, Cressi, Aliasim and Tsitsipas.
Because Djokovic was forced to retire, No. 2 seed Medvedev became the highest-ranked player in the world at the Australian Open, and Nadal, who was also in the top half with Djokovic, also profited. Although there were many cold spots in the men's singles field, Nadal and Medvedev played all the way, although they both suffered 5 sets of hard battles on the road to advancement, but both of them waded through the danger and met the men's singles final.
In the first set, Nadal saved two break points in the second serve to take a 2-1 lead over Medvedev after a difficult save. In the fifth set, Medvedev scored a break. Medvedev then broke another of Nadal's serves. The first set was 6-2, with Medvedev taking the lead.
In the second set, Nadal won a 40-beat round in the fourth set before achieving his first personal break in the men's singles final, giving him a 3-1 lead over Medvedev. Medvedev then achieved a comeback. In the eighth set, Nadal broke again to bring the inning advantage to 5-3.
Nadal's serve was subsequently broken by Medvedev. In the tiebreaker, Nadal missed the opportunity again, losing four consecutive points after leading 5-3, losing the grab seven 5-7, losing another set 6-7 in the set, and falling behind 0-2. At this time, Nadal is undoubtedly in a desperate situation!
In the third set, Nadal saved three consecutive break points in the sixth set, completed a difficult save in a 0-40 unfavorable situation, showed his big heart, and also let us see the shadow of the former God of War. Medvedev was very steady, leading 4-3 at the start. Nadal kept the eighth set and tied the set 4-4. In the ninth set, Medvedev's state fluctuated slightly, and Nadal seized the opportunity to complete the break, leading 5-4 in the set and entering his own serve to win the set.
This time, Nadal did not miss his own serve to win the set like in the second set, completed the key save, the set score was 6-4, Nadal pulled back a city, the big score 1-2 behind.
The fourth set is still glued, and almost every round is a bitter battle! In the third set, Nadal was 40-15, after Medvedev's serve got 2 break points and missed the first, Nadal cashed in on the second to build up the advantage, and Medvedev made a double mistake on the key point!
Subsequently, Medvedev asked the physiotherapist to enter and massage his thigh muscles, apparently Medvedev's thighs were somewhat uncomfortable.
Medvedev immediately launched a counterattack, leading 40-30 in Nadal's serve and also getting a break point. As Nadal moved straight out of bounds, Medvedev completed a comeback and tied the set 2-2.
Break war staged! Nadal took 3 break points 40-0 on Medvedev's serve, Medvedev scored 4 consecutive points to get the set point, Nadal scored 2 consecutive points to get the break point again, Medvedev saved the fourth break point, Nadal got the 5th break point, Medvedev saved again, Nadal's 6th break point, Medvedev still saved the big heart, the 7th break point, Nadal finally cashed in! It's not easy!
After once again taking advantage of a break set, Nadal stabilized the situation, defused 2 break points in the eighth set to save the game, and finally won the fourth set 6-4, and the Spanish king chased another set! From 0-2 to 2-2, Nadal was worthy of the god of war, tenacious enough to pull two sets in a row and drag the men's singles final into the decider.
In the tiebreaker, Nadal scored a key break in the fifth set, but in the tenth set to win the championship, Nadal was broken by Medvedev! Nadal broke back in the eleventh set and maintained the advantage to the end, Nadal won, the Australian Open men's singles final won three sets in a row, and an epic reversal was born!
In this campaign, Nadal defeated Medvedev to win the 2022 Australian Open men's singles title, completing 3 major achievements in one battle:
1, following 2009, Nadal once again reached the top of the Australian Open after 13 years, which is also the second crown of Nadal's career Australian Open
2, won the 21st Grand Slam crown, surpassing 20 Grand Slam winners Federer and Djokovic, and was crowned the first GOAT in the history of men's tennis in the world
3, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, four Grand Slam events, Nadal all won 2 or more times, completed the double lap Grand Slam