🎾 Rafael Nadal has won a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title with a comeback five-set victory over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final.
Rafael Nadal has rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final to a fifth set against U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev.In the fourth, Nadal broke for a 5-3 lead and then had a set point but Medvedev saved and held to make the 20-time major winner have to serve it out again.
Nadal had been facing breakpoint in the ninth game of the second set when the protester jumped from the stands into the playing arena at Medvedev’s end. The U.S. Open champion clinched it on his first set point, on Nadal's serve, with a backhand passing shot and then waved both arms up for the crowd seeking some support.Daniil Medvedev has taken the first set 6-2 in the Australian Open final against Rafael Nadal.
U.S. Open champion Medvedev is bidding to be the first man in the Open era to win his second Grand Slam title at the next major tournament.Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova moved a step closer to a career Grand Slam in doubles when they won their first Australian Open title on Sunday, beating Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7 , 6-4, 6-4.
The pair have been doubles partners since junior tennis and won the French Open junior title against a partnership including Haddad Maia.Top-seeded Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova have rallied to level the Australian Open women's doubles final against unseeded Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia after dropping the first set.
They twice led by a service break in Sunday's final before the Krejcikova and Siniakova rallied to take the set into a tie-breaker.
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