At the end of the 2022 Australian Open Men's Singles Final, Nadal lost two sets and then won three consecutive sets to reverse the No. 2 seed, Russia's Medvedev, who won his second Australian Open title and his 21st Grand Slam title, surpassing Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic alone, 2-6/6-7(5-7)/6-4/7-5 to win his second Australian Open title and his 21st Grand Slam title, surpassing Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to lead the men's singles Grand Slam all-time title list alone.
A 5-and-a-half-hour battle in five sets deserves the final battle of the Australian Open 2022 and the summit battle of Nadal's 21st Grand Slam title. How many people, after the first two sets, have felt that Nadal has gone? In Nadal's world, I'm not done with you until the last ball hits the ground. In the end, Nadal stood on the top podium.
After winning the Australian Open in 2009, Nadal experienced injuries at rod laver stadium, nearly 6 hours of defeat, and a good loss in the decider, and in 2022, Nadal returned, finally completing thirteen years of grinding a sword, creating an unprecedented record of 21 crowns in "unlucky" Melbourne. At the moment of winning the title, Nadal probably didn't believe himself very much because he was really excited.
At the awards ceremony afterwards, Medvedev said: "After the game, I asked Rafa if he would be tired. Thank you to the people in my team in the box, usually my wife is here too, but I guess the TV at home may have been smashed by now. ”
Later, Nadal said at the awards ceremony: "This is a very exciting time in my career and it is a pleasure to share this stadium with you. It should be hard for Daniel, I've had a few times like this in this tournament before, and I know it's hard. It was one of the toughest races of my career and I wish you all the best in the future. ”
Nadal continued: "It's all incredible for me. I didn't know if I could come back and play tennis more than a month ago, but now I'm standing here and taking up the championship again. Thank you for your love and support. Everything you have given me in these three weeks will remain in my heart. Thank you to the people on the team. You all know how hard we've had over the past year or so, and you've been with me through all the lows. Thank you. ”
A classic final, a wonderful Australian Open. The whole game is getting more and more exciting, the decider is not to see the blood boiling and the hands and feet cold, the final game, it is difficult to imagine what kind of pressure the two players are under. Especially Nadal reversed the flip in the case of 0-2 behind, no matter what, congratulations to Nadal, enjoy this moment, come on!