Tennis player Rafael Nadal, ranked sixth in the world, is only one game away from entering the history books in the industry and being the first ever to lift the 21st trophy in his career at the Grand Slam, after reaching the Australian Championship final this morning (Friday).
The 35-year-old Spaniard, who has not won a tournament in Melbourne since 2009, met Matteo Bertini (7) in the semi-finals, and dominated almost the entire game, to mark another V and advance to the next stage despite getting entangled and losing the second set, but eventually passed M 3: 6, 2: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6.
It's a sixth #AusOpen final for @RafaelNadal 🙌
He outlasts Matteo Berrettini in a 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 thriller 👏 #AusOpen · # AO2022
🎥: @wwos · @espn · @eurosport · @wowowtennis pic. twitter.com/UIbtfGbKvq
- #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 28, 2022
For the bull from Mallorca, it will be the sixth time in total to reach the final game in Australia and for the first time since 2019 - then stopped by Novak Djokovic who was absent from the tournament this year after being expelled from the country for failing to comply with local health rules. His.
Rafa, who looked excited at the end and even in tears, said: "I started the game great, I did not play like that for a long time, but in the third set I did not play well, I had a challenge, but I had to fight and come back and it means a lot to be here again in the final."
On trying to be the first to win 21 slams he added: "For me it is a great event, I was unlucky several years here, I was close and happy that I was able to win it in the past and now I will do my best to win it again".
Let's hear it! 🔊
With a 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 victory over Matteo Berrettini, @RafaelNadal secures his place into the #AusOpen final🔥 # AO2022 pic.twitter.com/qVajsdPGoG
- ATP Tour (@atptour) January 28, 2022
Whoever tries to stop Nadal in the next game, will be the winner in the meeting between the world-ranked Daniel Medvedev, and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (4), in a rematch of last year's semi-final match, so the Russian's hand was on the top.
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