It's so pretty! When the 35-year-old Nadal scored the last point in the fifth set with a beautiful interception in front of the net, thus winning 3-2 against Medvedev, who was 10 years younger than him, it was indeed very emotional. Nadal himself was excited to lie on the ground and threw the beat out. He covered his face and wept happily. I believe that at this moment, there are countless people paying tribute to Nadal. Indeed, this evening, we did not see the live broadcast of the match between the Chinese women's football team and the Vietnam women's football team in the same period, and it was Nadal and Medvedev's Australian Open men's singles final that occupied this match time. Obviously, this game, for this prime time period, is also worthy of the audience sitting in front of the screen for more than five hours.
As we all know, friends who like tennis know that 20 crowns is a node. Before this match, Nadal, Djokovic and Federer, three kings of world tennis, each won 20 four Grand Slam trophies in their careers, and the three shared this honor. And everyone is looking forward to being the first character to break this balance, obviously this time, the 35-year-old Nadal, even though from the original world number one seed to the current number six seed, and the game started with a big score of 0-2, but Nadal still did it. He let two chase three, after a tough five-hour and 24-minute battle, became the final winner and could also enjoy the honor of 21 Grand Slam trophies. This is a moment of history, and a moment that can be recorded in the annals of history forever. The scores in five sets were 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and 7-5.
Indeed, because of the face of making history, coupled with the fact that Medvedev is 10 years younger than Nadal, and Medvedev's personal skills are not behind Nadal, so in the face of the pressure of creating history, as well as the pressure of the opponent's attack, Nadal played a little out of shape in the first two sets, especially in the first set, and the whole person was a bit out of shape, so that 2-6 was completely powerless, and he lost the first set. In the second set, he occupied the momentum advantage on the field, and the attack was also played well, but Medvedev's serve effect was better, coupled with his defense was airtight, which also made Nadal a bit invincible in the second set, the double master also played for 84 minutes, after grabbing seven wins, Medvedev won another set 7-6, and the two sides scored to 2-0.
Just when everyone thought that Medvedev would be like the US Open 2 years ago, when he blocked Djokovic's dream of winning the 21st crown and got the title of "21-crown goalkeeper", but 2 years later, standing on the final field of the Australian Open, Medvedev did a good job of defense, but his attack still seemed a little unactive, the landing point was relatively monotonous, the style of the ball was also straight forward, and there was not enough change. So much so that two 4-6 consecutive sets were lost, and the big score of the two sides came to 2-2.
In the decisive fifth set, Nadal played very actively from the beginning, although Medvedev's fitness improved after resting, and he still looked good offensively efficient on the field. But the rhythm of the game is still in Nadal's hands. The experience and mastery of the game, including defensive advantages, coupled with the wisdom of playing key points, allowed Nadal to gradually gain the upper hand in the fifth set. Although Nadal did not succeed in winning the first serve win, when the second serve win was once again in front of him, Nadal did not let the opportunity slip away again, his serve in the outer corner of the second zone also scored directly in a row, as he got three direct points in a single set to win the game, Nadal completely released himself, and thus successfully won at the first match point, thus reversing Medvedev with a 3-2 aggregate score to win the Australian Open men's singles title. Let's congratulate Nadal once again, finally breaking the balance of the three kings and four Grand Slam tournaments directly the same, becoming the king of the best kings. After successfully standing on the Australian Open in 2009, he also won this award for the second time. At the same time, let us also give the applause to Medev, who persevered to the end. It was his excellent performance that made Nadal's 21st crown so bright.