MELBOURNE, Australia —
Rafael Nadal obtained to 21 first, breaking the lads’s report for many Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the onerous approach by getting back from two units all the way down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an nearly 5 1/2-hour Australian Open last that didn’t end till the early hours of Monday morning.
He was damaged when serving for the championship at 5-4 within the fifth set however made no mistake the subsequent time.
At 5 hours and 24 minutes, it was the second longest Australian Open last after Novak Djokovic beat Nadal in 5 units in 5 hours and 53 minutes in 2012.
The 35-year-old Spaniard now has yet another than Roger Federer and Djokovic, his long-time rivals within the so-called Large Three.
With the 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win that began Sunday evening and was delayed for some time within the second set when a protester jumped onto the court docket, Nadal additionally turned simply the fourth man in historical past to win all 4 of the game’s main titles no less than twice.
Nadal received his first Australian Open title in 2009 and misplaced 4 different finals at Melbourne Park earlier than his dramatic win over U.S. Open champion Medvedev. His dialog fee in main finals is now 21 out of 29. Federer and Djokovic every have 20 majors from 31 finals appearances.
His victory was much more outstanding contemplating Nadal flew to Australia with simply two matches beneath his belt within the second half of 2021 as a result of he was sidelined with a persistent foot harm that may be handled however not cured. He additionally had a bout of COVID-19.
Medvedev, who was aiming to be the primary man within the Open period to win his second Grand Slam title on the very subsequent main, made Nadal go the gap and win from two-sets down. Medvedev now joins Andy Murray amongst those that’ve misplaced the ultimate on the subsequent main match after their profession breakthrough on the highest stage.
It was simply the fourth time Nadal has rallied from two units all the way down to win a best-of-five-set match, and the primary since a fourth-round victory in 2007 at Wimbledon over Mikhail Youzhny.
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