On January 30, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open ushered in the focus of men's singles final, Spain's king Nadal against the new generation of leader Medvedev. Nadal frantically pulled three sets in a row after losing two sets in the first two sets, and once again staged a Grand Slam event "let two chase three" after 15 years, and finally played five sets to reverse Medvedev 3-2 on aggregate to win the championship. Nadal won the second crown of the Australian Open to achieve a double grand slam, and won the 21st Grand Slam title, surpassing Federer and Djokovic to reach the first place in men's singles history.
As the sticker of the post-80s kings, when Federer was absent due to injury, Djokovic was deported, and only Nadal of Fernard's three kings competed, and he was also the only former men's singles champion of the Australian Open. Before the Australian Open began, Nadal was not generally optimistic, after all, he was once away from the field after being injured last year, and he was not able to show a bloody return after his return.
Entering this Australian Open, Nadal won 3-0 in three of the first six rounds, and the other three rounds were won in four sets in two rounds, and narrowly defeated Shapovalov in five sets in the quarter-finals. As for Medvedev, only two rounds of the first six rounds were swept 3-0 to advance, and three of the remaining four rounds were fiercely won in four sets, and in the quarter-finals, he played five sets to beat Aliassim.
Nadal has met Medvedev 4 times in his past career, all in hard court matches, with Nadal having the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss, including the 2019 US Open men's singles final, Nadal narrowly defeated Medvedev 3-2 to win the title, and the most recent meeting was in the group stage of the 2020 Finals, when Nadal lost 1-2 to Medvedev.
This game ushered in the fifth meeting of their careers, and it was also a australian open final between old and new. In the first set, both sides saved their own serves in the first two sets, and Nadal saved two break points in the second set to take a 2-1 lead. Only the game then went into Medvedev's control mode, Medvedev frantically suppressed Nadal in five consecutive sets, especially in the fifth and seventh innings, he twice achieved a straight four-point blast out of the love game break, Nadal lost the first set 2-6, the total score of 0-1 behind.
Entering the second set, the two sides maintained a 1-1 draw in the first two sets, and Nadal broke the break and then saved the next three sets, especially in the fourth set to win a tug-of-war of up to 40 beats, completing his first break in the whole game to take a 4-1 lead. Medvedev broke two consecutive sets in a row and Nadal broke again in the eighth set to take a 5-3 lead. In the ninth set, Medvedev repeatedly tug-of-war, and in the fifth break point, he broke Nadal's serve to win the set, and then Medvedev continued to save the serve to chase 5-5. The two sides continued to maintain a 6-6 draw, with Medvedev scoring four consecutive runs after falling behind 3-5 in the first seven innings, and Nadal conceding another set 6-7 (5) to make it 0-2 on aggregate.
In the third set, Medvedev fought a thrilling save in the first set, Nadal also completed the save, Medvedev lost four straight points in the third set to blast the love game to save, and Nadal continued to maintain a 2-2 draw. In the fifth set, Medvedev continued his excellent performance, again dropping four straight points to blast the love game, and Nadal then saved three break points to maintain a 3-3 draw after falling behind 0-40. The two then continued to maintain a 4-4 draw on their respective serves. Nadal took a 5-4 lead with a key break in the 9th set and bounced off the love game to save the game with four straight runs in the winning set, thus pulling back a set 6-4, but the first three sets were still 1-2 on aggregate.
Entering the fourth set, the two sides saved their own serves in the first two sets, Nadal grabbed Medvedev's double mistake in the third set to break, and Medvedev then applied for a medical timeout to let the physiotherapist enter the field for massage. Medvedev completed the break in the fourth set, And Nadal grabbed the seventh break point in the fifth set to break again, and Nadal continued to extend his 4-2 lead. Medvedev scored four straight points to defend the love game, and Nadal also continued to save serves, taking a 5-3 lead in the first eight innings. In the ninth set, Medvedev won the indispensable serve, and Nadal then blasted a love game to save the game in a straight four-run set on the serve to win the set, and continued to pull back a set at 6-4, chasing the first four sets to a total score of 2-2.
In the tiebreaker battle, the two sides maintained a 2-2 draw in the first four sets, in which both sides were straight four points in the first four sets to blast the love game to save the serve. Nadal took the lead in the fifth set to complete the break, and after six tiebreakers in the sixth set, he managed to defuse three break points to take a 4-2 lead in the first six sets. Medvedev scored four straight runs in the 7th inning to complete the hold, and Nadal then continued to hold the serve to maintain a 5-3 lead. In the ninth set, Nadal failed to complete the break and entered Nadal's serve to win the game, and Nadal was chased by Medvedev to a 5-5 draw. In the 11th set, Nadal took a 6-5 lead with a crucial break, and then won the match on the serve to win another set 7-5, and finally Nadal won the championship 3-2 on aggregate against Medvedev. Nadal won his second Australian Open men's singles title to achieve a double Grand Slam and the 21st Grand Slam men's singles title, surpassing Federer and Djokovic to reach the top of men's singles history.
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