You can always doubt Nadal
You can always trust Nadal
Of the Big Three, Nadal was originally the least optimistic
With the Australian Open crown, Nadal upset the delicate balance between the big three, becoming the first player to break the 21st mark. Such a result has overshadowed the fans of Federer and Djokovic, whether from the perspective of history or recent status, it seems that the first to achieve this achievement should not be Nadal, but Nadal is like this, and one of the things he has repeated throughout his career is to make the impossible possible.
When Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open, Nadal had only 16 Grand Slam titles, not to mention surpassing, and even matching Federer was considered an impossible thing.
When Djokovic won his 20th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2021, injury-plagued Nadal once again came to the precipice of his career and ended the season early, when no one believed he would win the 21st Grand Slam title before the Serbian.
But what happened afterwards was full of magic and dreamism — Djokovic failed in last year's US Open final, and this time the Australian Open had a vaccine farce that missed the competition, leaving the opportunity to make history to Nadal.
Even so, Nadal is still not the favourite to win the Australian Open, and in the predictions of experts on all sides before the game, the Spaniard's ceiling is only eight at most, and when he beats up the opponent to stand in the final, the pre-match odds are still on Medvedev's side. When the "Prime Minister" won the first two sets of the game with rock-solid momentum, the game seemed to have lost suspense, and it was only then that Nadal had laid the suspense enough, and the next thing he had to do was to turn the impossible into a possibility and then into reality.
You can then question Nadal a myriad of questions, but in the end, you will find that he is actually the most trustworthy person.
Ten years on, he is still the god of war who stands tall
In the 2012 Australian Open final, Nadal and Djokovic teamed up to play a 5-hour and 53-minute final, the longest Grand Slam final in the Open era. The image of the two collapsing in their chairs after the game while waiting for the award is still fresh in people's minds.
Ten years passed quietly, and Nadal's opponent was replaced by Medvedev, the leader of the younger generation, but he still stood there quietly, allowing the white colt to cross the gap.
Let the two chase three, waste the serve to win the championship game and immediately re-establish the advantage....... The magical plot is once again directed by Nadal, and it is a classic final that took more than 5 hours. The difference is that the winner this time is Nadal, whose pace does not seem to be tired of time, and in the decisive battle, the first to be pushed to the limit of physical fitness is Medvedev, who is ten years younger.
He will lead the men's tennis world to break new heights
Nadal's victory today will have a big boost for the other two giants. After seeing Nadal's success, Federer's desire to refuse to retire will become stronger, and Djokovic, who has missed opportunities in a row, is bound to throw himself into the next game with stronger motivation.
If Nadal does not win the Australian Open, the big three will still maintain a balanced relationship, if Djokovic succeeds in the next French Open and Wimbledon matches, with his increasingly obedient personality in the past year or two, it is possible that something new will happen in the next game, and Nadal's breakthrough will allow him to manage the rest of his career with pressure. What will be the final level of the number of "best ever" Grand Slam titles in men's tennis? Now I am afraid that no one dares to draw conclusions easily, 22? 23？ 24？ 25？ Anything is possible. (Text/Li Tianyou)