The Spanish tennis player beat Russian Daniil Medvedev this Sunday in the final of the Australian Open in a marathon five-set match.
MELBOURNE. The Spanish Rafael Nadal He became this January 30, 2022 the first player in history to reach 21 titles of the Grand Slam by winning an epic final of the Australian Open to russian Daniel Medvedev 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4 and 7-5 in five hours and twenty-five minutes of play.
Nadal, at 35 years old, turned around a practically lost match to lift the trophy for the second time in Australia and undo the historical tie with the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer, who had also won 20 “majors” each.
The Spanish tennis player did not decline despite giving up the first two sets to his rival, number two in the world and who was playing his second final at Melbourne Park. After almost six months away from the circuit due to injury and 476 days after winning his last Roland Garros, Nadal managed to raise his crop of titles to 21, more than anyone else in the history of this sport.
This Sunday’s victory allows NadalIn addition, pocket a prize of just over 2 million dollars. (EFE)
