Rafael Nadal has done the inconceivable — coming back from 2 sets right down to defeat Daniil Medvedev and win the Australian Open in an epic championship match that spanned more than 5 hours.
Unconditional , who was the 6th seed coming into the event in Melbourne Park, got here back from behind to defeat his Russian opponent 2-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-4 7-5 in a match that may go down in historical past as one of the biggest of his career in Rod Laver Arena. The match ended at 1:eleven a.m. local time, after 5 hours and 24 minutes of play, when Medvedev didn’t return a web volley on Nadal’s first of three match factors.
For a second, Nadal simply stood there smiling wide-eyed in disbelief, earlier than walking to the web to thank his 6 foot 6 inch opponent and then working over to hug his group. Indeed, he couldn’t have miraculously returned from a career-ending foot harm with out them.
The Spaniard’s historic win places his grand slam titles tally to 21, only one ahead of longtime rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who every have 20 grand slam titles respectively. This is the primary time in his career that the 35 12 months old has extra titles than the Swiss great..