Beijing time, January 30: The 2022 Australian Open men's singles final came to an end, Spain's king Nadal finally fell behind in two sets in three consecutive sets, with 2-6/6-7 (5)/6-4/6-4/7-5 incredible reversal to win the biggest favorite Medvedev, following Deyo became the second double-lap Grand Slam winner since the Open era, and also won a record 21st Grand Slam title, becoming the first person in the history of men's tennis.
Tonight's Australian Open men's singles final, it is estimated that in addition to Nadal's fans, there are really few people who are optimistic that Espanyol will win the new young hard-court overlord Medvedev. After all, Mei has reached three consecutive Grand Slam finals, and last year's US Open final just swept Djokovic to win the first Grand Slam title of his career, and after Djokovic withdrew, he was really the undisputed biggest favorite to win the title. Moreover, this thin Russian, with his own big heart, saved the match point in the quarterfinals, staged a super reversal on the second to catch up, and experienced the hardships on the way to the promotion, as long as he wins the championship, he can climb to the first place in the world, and it seems that everything is paving the way for this new king of hard land.
For Nadal, who had been recuperating for more than half a year last year, the competitiveness of the hard court was relatively weak in the past two years, and it was already a surprise that the first grand slam (or the worst Australian Open before) at the age of 35 could reach the final. However, looking back at Nadal's road to promotion, the original difficult signing table, because the big seeds have been out, has become much flatter, the top seed Djokovic withdrew before the game, and the No. 3 seed Zverev Jr. fell 16 into 8 unexpectedly, and did not encounter too many strong opponents along the way.
But that's it, the 35-year-old Spaniard still has to endure a hard battle because of physical problems, leading in two sets in the quarterfinals, and being dragged into the decider by the young Shapovalov, but fortunately the opponent is young and stupid, and finally won. In the semi-finals, although he passed four sets against Berrettini, after all, the Italian handsome man was backhanded. For Nadal, it seems that it is good to reach the final, and against Medvedev, will he really win?
And now, Nadal has given the answer, will win, and is a script that almost everyone can't think of - a super reversal of three sets in a row with two sets first. Losing 2-6 in the first set has made many people think that this may be a sweep. The second set led 5-3, the missed set was reversed, and it made people feel that the trend had gone. In the third set, the sixth set was 0-40 behind, how many people still had hope? But Nadal really represents the spirit of never giving up, as long as the opponent does not win, he is hopeful. A reversal that felt incredible even after the game, Nadal finally had his moment in Melbourne.
If Nadal breaks into the final, it will be regarded by many people as a strong opponent along the way, and some luck. And now, the decisive reversal of Medvedev should be convincing, he is the deserved 2022 Australian Open champion. Djokovic achieved a double Grand Slam at Nadal's back garden french open last year, and then won his 20th Grand Slam to tie the record of Federer and Nadal, and began to be regarded as GOAT by the industry. This year, when everyone thought it would be the Serbians who continued to contribute to their GOAT status, they did not expect that Nadal had ushered in his own record-setting moment in melbourne, the back garden of the Serbs, and also achieved a double grand slam.
Returning from injury to his first Grand Slam, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 a month ago and is unsure of playing at the Australian Open. However, now at the age of 35, at the age of 35, in his previous worst Grand Slam, played two five-set battles, had a 2-0 lead, had a 0-2 fall, won by the Spaniard who never gave up, and finally won the cup with the biggest victory, setting a new record.
This is Nadal, this is the eternal God of War.