At 10:30 Beijing time tonight, Rafa Nadal lost two sets in the 2022 Australian Open men's singles final and then won three consecutive sets, jedi overturned Daniel Medvedev, and the five sets were 2:6, 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:4 and 7:5. This is Nadal's second Australian Open title, which has finally made him a double Grand Slam achievement, becoming the second player in the Open era after Djokovic to win two Grand Slams (above) in all four Grand Slam matches; this is Also Nadal's 21st Grand Slam title, and the Spaniard temporarily surpassed Federer and Djokovic to temporarily lead the men's tennis world of the whole era!
The match, which lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes, was another epic game between the 35-year-old former world number one and 25-year-old Medvedev. At the award ceremony, Nadal was exhausted and not only took the stage with a water bottle, but also had to sit down and rest. But he also exhorted Medvedev, "Many times in the past, I am also in your place." After winning the Cup for the first time in Melbourne in 2009, in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2019, Nadal lost four consecutive finals at the Australian Open, while he had only lost eight career Grand Slam finals.
In the second set of the game, Nadal had a break advantage, but at the end of the set, he was countered by Medvedev and even lost the seventh. That made him almost lose his chance to win the championship, and falling behind in the Grand Slam final by 0:2 in the set almost meant being out. But this is the fighter Nadal, this is the big heart Nadal, in the third set his ball is significantly heavier, the set of 2:3, small score after the continuous scoring save, may be the turning point of the whole game, or Nadal counterattack signal, Nadal in the bottom line more active, the forehand spin is heavier, the backhand pace is faster, the whole game to see Nadal is the more active one, he played 67 winning points, 7 times broke Medvedev's serve. This is also the second time that Nadal has played five sets and won all of them in the Grand Slam final after leading the Russians 2-0 in the 2019 US Open final and winning the final five sets.
The earth-shattering reversal of losing two sets and then turning three sets, counting tonight, Nadal's career has only happened four times. Last time was in the long-standing fourth round of Wimbledon in 2007, when he defeated another Russian player, Yuzny. I believe that tonight's victory will make the 35-year-old Nadal feel confident later in his career, as coach Moya once said, "Nadal trained so hard, his Grand Slam is definitely more than 20". Now that it's 21, you know Nadal will keep working on it for the next one.