First of all, congratulations to Nadal for defeating Medvedev 3-2 in the 2022 Australian Open men's singles final, achieving a big reversal, and finally winning his second Australian Open title, following Djokovic also achieved a "double grand slam", while the number of Grand Slam titles reached 21, leading Federer and Djokovic for the first time.
The Australian Open had the worst luck
If you ask Nadal which of the four Grand Slams hurts him the most, it will definitely be the Australian Open.
Because of the winning percentage and number of games, the Australian Open ranks second after the French Open; but the number of championships and the final win rate, the Australian Open is the lowest.
It was a five-time final, but I only won 1 championship and took 4 plates. Maybe only Murray's five-final five-set set was worse than his.
All the passages say that in the Australian Open trophy, Nadal has a set of utensils, while Murray only has five plates.
Counting this year's Australian Open finals rankings, Deutschland has finished first 9 times (9 crowns), Federer has 7 times (6 crowns), Nadal has 6 times third (2 crowns), Murray has 5 times and 4 (0 crowns), and Medvedev has 2 times fifth (0 crowns).
The australian open history of 2009-2021
In 2009, Nadal defeated Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3) / 3-6, 6-2 in the final to win the first Australian Open title.
But after that, he always had some bad luck.
In the 2010 Australian Open, the quarter-final against Murray, Nadal suffered a knee injury, and he had no choice but to withdraw from the tournament after falling behind in two sets;
2011 Australian Open, quarter-final against Ferrer, hamstring injury attack, 0-3 crisp defeat to Ferrer;
2012 Australian Open, reached the final, fought for 5 hours and 53 minutes, 7-5/4-6/2-6/7-6(5)/5-7 five sets of the battle lost to Djokovic, of which the decider was still the first to break, the closest to the championship;
2013 Australian Open, did not participate due to injury;
In the 2014 Australian Open, he defeated Federer to reach the final again, and the final opponent Wawrinka also paved Deyo, but due to a back injury, he lost to Wawrinka in four sets, which was also a close time to the championship;
At the 2015 Australian Open, he returned from injury and was swept by Berdych in three sets in the quarter-finals, including a duck egg in the second set;
2016 Australian Open, the first round of upset out, lost to Vodasco;
In the 2017 Australian Open, reaching the final against Federer, as fate was destined, the first break in the decider but swallowed the bitter fruit of the defeat, 2-3 defeat to the old rival Federer;
2018 Australian Open, quarter-final against Cilic, the decider was withdrawn due to a knee injury that could not be supported;
2019 Australian Open, reached the final against Djokovic, was swept by the opponent in 3 sets;
2020 Australian Open, 1/4 final against Thiem, lost three steals of seven, 1-3 defeat to Thiem;
2021 Australian Open, quarter-final against Tsitsipas, resulting in a 2-0 lead, the third set of high-pressure errors, by the opponent to win 3 sets in a row, when the back injury is indeed at work.
2022 finally got its wish
Nadal before the Australian Open was in a dark age.
Plagued by injuries in 2021, the Quarterfinals of the Australian Open were reversed by Tsitsipas, the French Open semi-final lost to the old rival Djokovic, and the Olympics, Wimbledon and us Open directly abandoned the tournament;
Returning from injury, the exhibition match lost to Murray and Shapo, losing two games in a row; then infected with the new crown, continued to isolate at home. Nadal in this state may not have anything to do with the Australian Open champion. But he did it, and the ATP250 Melbourne championship gave him a lot of confidence, allowing him to reach the final under the premise that the Australian Open signing was very hard, and achieved his first big reversal of "letting two chase three" in the final.
It can be said that it is bitter.
The cause of the pain of the Australian Open
The reason why the Australian Open champion is so far away is the following:
First, injuries. As we all know, Nadal's playing style can not let the body support to play for a full season, every year is the second half of the year to start returning to the factory repairs, and as the first Grand Slam event in January and February every year, Nadal returned from injury can not use the best state to meet.
Secondly, the way of playing. Nadal is a super spin, but the Australian Open is a fast hard ground, more suitable for the flat strike, Nadal's super spin can not bring a deadly threat to the opponent;