Become the first person in history! Australian Open: Nadal defeated Medvedev 3-2 to win the 21st Grand Slam title

On January 30, Beijing time, the 2022 tennis Grand Slam Australian Open came to an end, in the final finale of the men's singles final, Spain's king Nadal lost two sets before launching a Jedi counterattack, chasing three consecutive sets 2-6/6-7/6-4/6-4/7-7-7 defeated the No. 2 seed Medvedev, following 2009 after 13 years to win the Australian Open men's singles championship, achieving a Grand Slam double-lap Grand Slam feat, the 21st Grand Slam champion of his career surpassed Federer and Djokovic, occupying the first place in history.

Spain's king Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam men's singles titles so far, alongside Federer and Djokovic in the first place in history, including 13 French Open titles, with the title of "King of Clay". Last season, Nadal was fully prepared for the French Open, but was unbeaten in the semi-final defeat to Djokovic, and after that, Nadal fell into injury and played only two games, and did not return until the end of 2021. Nadal won a warm-up tournament before the Australian Open, and after entering the Australian Open, he beat Geelong, Hanfman, Khachanov, Mannarino, Shapovalov and Beretini to reach the Australian Open final for the sixth time in his career. In the final, Nadal met Russian star Medvedev, who defeated Djokovic in the final of the US Open last season, breaking his opponent's plan to win the four Grand Slams of the season and winning the first Grand Slam title of his career. This year's Australian Open as the No. 2 seed, beating Rakossonnan, Kyrgios, Dezand Silop and Cresi in a row, falling behind 0-2 in the quarter-finals to reverse Eliassim in three consecutive sets, defeating Tsitsipas in the semi-finals to reach the Australian Open final for two consecutive years.

The two players have met four times before, with Nadal having the advantage of 3 wins and 1 loss, and this is also the second grand slam encounter after the 2019 US Open final. Both of them will hit the record in this final, Andra Nadal will win his second Australian Open title, achieving a career double-lap Grand Slam feat, while the number of Grand Slam titles will come to 21, occupying the first position in history. If Medvedev wins, he will win his second Grand Slam title, ranking first among the post-90s players, and will also be the first in the WORLD ATP standings, breaking the monopoly of the Big Three on the world number one.

First set: Nadal backhanded to be suppressed Medvedev won the first set with two breaks

In the first set, Nadal, who took the lead in the first set, suffered a crisis in the first set, leading 40-15 under the backhand to face a 40-40 draw, after which he improved his serve to complete the save, and Medvedev's first serve was easily saved. In the third set, Nadal's serve was hit again, Medvedev 26 shots after the backhand straight to play the winning score 30-0 lead, and then Nadal backhanded the net to send out the break point, under pressure Nadal saved two break points, took more than 9 points to save the hard serve, Medvedev continued to complete the serve to 2-2 draw.

In the fifth set, Nadal's third serve was still severely challenged, the serve was played by the opponent through 0-30 behind, and then Medvedev's bottom line held a continuous large angle pull, Nadal returned the ball out of bounds to encounter a 0-40 break point, Medvedev high-quality received the bottom line, Nadal returned the ball out of bounds to lose the set, Medvedev continued to maintain a 4-2 lead. In the seventh set, Nadal's serve was still unable to save, after two double mistakes, Nadal entered the field to shorten, Medvedev quickly ran to the front of the net to shoot the cross ball to get the break point, under pressure Nadal sent up but the net was intercepted out of bounds, and the second time he lost the set. Medvedev took advantage of the situation to complete the save and win the first set 6-2. In the first set, which lasted 42 minutes, Medvedev led with a success rate of 82% and a scoring rate of 83% in four ACES shots.

Second set: Nadal misses set May won seven and won seven more sets

In the second set, as soon as they completed the save score to a 1-1 draw, Nadal's serve status continued to improve to save the 2-1 lead, in the fourth set Medvedev's serve suffered an impact, Nadal led 30-0 in a 40-beat long multi-beat match, the back-beat cut diagonal to form a short ball score to get a 40-0 break point, Medvedev saved two break points and then backbeat out of bounds to lose the set, Nadal broke the band to save the score to 4-1. Medvedev, who was behind the score, ushered in a recovery in form, and in the seventh set, he launched a counter-attack to play a back-shooting attack, getting a 40-15 consecutive break point, after which Medvedev came to the net to shoot the winning score to complete the break back to break 3-4 behind.

The break war continued in the eighth set, and after the score was 30-30 draw, Medvedev faced the opponent's cut ball and slapped the tila hanging net to send the break point, after which Nadal scored a short score in the long shot to break the 5-3 lead again. Next was Nadal's serve to win the set, Medvedev intercepted in front of the net and won consecutive break points, Nadal saved four break points and wasted a set, Medvedev completed the break back to break 4-5 behind. Each saved the game into the grab seven, each completed three mini breaks, Medvedev took the lead to get the set, Nadal held up to the net to cut short, Medvedev ran a long run to complete the crossing, 7-5 to win the snatch seven to win the second set, the total score of 2-0 lead. In the second set, which lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes, Medvedev continued to serve and suppress, scoring 81% of the five ACES balls per serve, and Nadal made 20 unforced errors.

Third set: Nadal key break 6-4 to pull back a set

In the third set, the two players in the opening stage of the game after the previous set of seven battles after the decline in physical fitness, the first serve Medvedev suffered a 40-40 tie in the serve, after four consecutive decuce, Medvedev was hanging on the net to send a break point, under pressure with a continuous serve to complete the save. Nadal's serve also came to a 40-40 draw in the second set, after which he scored a straight-forward shot to complete the serve. Each saved Medvedev's 3-2 lead, in the sixth set to Nadal's serve began to attack, the Spanish king is shooting consecutive mistakes, Medvedev picked the top and then connected the back-beat winning point to get 40-0 consecutive break points, under pressure Nadal improved the batting state, saving three break points in a row Difficult to save the score 3-3 draw.

Each saved the score 4-4 draw, in the ninth set of the game Medvedev continued to have low-level mistakes, the serve after the net before the use of light touch to shorten, the result is too light directly hanging the net to send out the break point, Medvedev saved a break point, after the serve into the field to connect the front shot attack, Nadal passively back-slapped the ball to form a cross-break. 5-4 came to Nadal to win the set, successfully completed the save 6-4 to win the third set, and pulled back a set of 1-2 behind. The set took 64 minutes and Nadal's one-shot success rate improved to an 82% lead, with unforced errors 8-10 below his opponent.

Fourth set: Nadal continues to rally strongly to win another set 6-4

In the fourth set, Medvedev, who took the lead in the first set, saved the first set, and in the second set, Nadal was challenged in the service, and after the score was 30-30 draw, Medvedev received the serve to press the opponent, and then played a positive diagonal score to get the break point, and Nadal saved two break points and took more than 10 minutes to complete the service. The break did not become medvedev's service game mistake, and he was shooting out of bounds to also send a break point opportunity, and directly sent the game by mistake under pressure. In the fourth set, Medvedev quickly launched a counter-attack, the score came to a 30-30 draw, and Then Nadal was shooting tila hanging net to send a break point, after which Medvedev continuously impacted the opponent's front shot, Nadal was forced to change straight out of bounds and encountered a return break, and the score came to 2-2 draw.

In the fifth set, Nadal won the 40-0 consecutive break points, after which the two fell into repeated battles, Medvedev saved 6 break points, and suddenly shortened the opponent to the front of the net in the seventh break point, and then back-shot the diagonal crossing to complete the break 3-2 lead. In the eighth set, Nadal sent a 15-40 break point with consecutive errors, and under pressure, Nadal saved the break point to complete the 5-3 lead. In the ninth set, Medvedev had to save the serve, the break point was also a set to complete the set, followed by Nadal's serve to win the set, lovegame saved a 6-4 win in the fourth set, and the total score was tied at 2-2. In the fourth set, which took 62 minutes, Nadal had 21 winning points to overwhelm his opponent.

Decider: Nadal keeps trying to win another set to win the title

In the decider set, Medvedev, who took the lead in the first set, sent a break point opportunity in the first set, and under pressure, the player sent up to the net to shoot the winning point to resolve the break point, and completed the save under continuous serve score, Nadal successfully saved the first set, and the score came to 1-1. Each saved the score to a 2-2 draw, in the fifth set Nadal once forced out a break point opportunity, Medvedev saved a break point, Nadal played a positive shot to score a break point to take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth set, Medvedev launched a strong attack on Nadal's serve, saving three break points through the serve, and it took more than 13 minutes for Nadal to save the 4-2 lead.

Nadal broke the advantage in the hand 5-4 to win the game, Medvedev did not give up the impact, the positive advantage came down to the net to slam the ball to get the break point, and then Nadal back-shot the net to lose the set, the score came to 5-5 draw. In the eleventh set, Medvedev's serve was unstable, and Nadal also got the opportunity to break points, and Medvedev saved two break points and then missed the set by mistake. Nadal ushered in his second serve win, and after scoring the first point, he scored consecutive serves to win the championship points and successfully saved the tiebreaker victory 7-5.

In the end, Spain's king Nadal experienced a five-set battle, losing two sets and defeating Medvedev in three consecutive sets to win the 21st Grand Slam men's singles title of his career. The whole game took 5 hours and 24 minutes, in the game Nadal completed 3 ACES balls 5 double errors, Medvedev was 23 ACES balls 5 double errors, Medvedev one shot success rate 69% one shot 71% ahead of the opponent, the winning score on Nadal 69 Medvedev 76, unforced errors Nadal 68-52 surpassed the opponent, the two scores in front of the net were both 50 times on the internet, Nadal 30-28 slightly ahead. In the breaks, Medvedev completed 6 breaks from 22 break points, while Nadal broke 7 times from 22 break points.