International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Tracy Austin reflects on the sport’s most iconic moments in history.
“It was very apparent there was no love lost, and that's what made it so much fun to watch those matches,'' Austin said. “Because, you know, sports, we want to bring up emotions, whether we want this person to win or that person to lose. And now you have this somewhat of a boxing match between Connors and McEnroe. I think that was really amazing rivalry between those three guys.”
"So it really brings up the point that there were so few players that got to win majors because those guys pretty much hoarded them all,” Austin added. "Actually, I feel very lucky and unlucky in some ways that I was really in the mix," Austin added."Right in the middle of Chris and Martina's rivalry and played them a number of times.
“For Goran to win and then go back to Croatia, where there were tens of thousands in a celebration, in a parade and in a soccer stadium, it was something that was to be remembered,” Austin said.Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev in five hours and 24 minutes to claim the 2022 Australian Open, coming back from two sets down 2-6 6-7 6-4 6-4 7-5. Nadal broke a three-way tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic by claiming his 21st Grand Slam title.
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