Rafael Nadal was excited after confirming the pass to the final of the Australian Open 2022 . The man from Manacor, who beat Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals with a great performance, hid in his racket bag, but could not hide, a sign of the happiness that comes from returning from injury to do so with the success he is achieving.
"I feel alive again," Nadal said later, as an explanation of his feelings after beating Berrettini and reaching the final of the Australian Open three years later. The tennis player did not want to show the emotion on his face at the end of the match, hence his exploration of the racket bag, but he was affected, in the best way, during his appearance before the public at the Rod Laver Arena.
What it means to be back in an #AusOpen final 💙@RafaelNadal • #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/OF29zQkF9i
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 28, 2022
The trajectory of the Spanish tennis player in this 2022 is summed up in Melbourne, first in the ATP 250 category Summer Set tournament, from which he emerged the winner, and later in an Australian Open in which he has been overcoming obstacles since the first round against Giron , until reaching the semifinals, where Matteo Berrettini has not been able to stand in the way of the 'reborn' Nadal, who is heading towards a new final with history as his goal.
