The occasion was worth it. Rafa Nadal celebrated in style the achievement of his Grand Slam number 21 which makes him the best tennis player of all time. The Spaniard made his emotion visible after beating Medvedev in an epic battle in which he had to come back from two sets.
Rafa Nadal hardly had the right to dream of winning the Australian Open after almost half a year off due to a foot injury (Covid also passed), but the Spanish tennis player again worked a miracle to add his 21 Grand Slam and beat Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the historical ranking.
🏆 RG 05
🏆 RG 06
🏆 RG 07
🏆 RG 08
🏆WB08
🏆 YEAR 09
🏆 GR 10
🏆 WB 10
🏆US10
🏆 GR 11
🏆 GR 12
🏆 GR 13
🏆US13
🏆 GR 14
🏆 GR 17
🏆US17
🏆 GR 18
🏆 GR 19
🏆US19
🏆 RG 20AND THE 21ST OF @RafaelNadal!! Champion of the #AusOpen 2022 and KING of the Grand Slams!! 👑
♥ LEGEND ♥ pic.twitter.com/RcFmQNdf2a
– Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) January 30, 2022
In addition, he did it in an impossible epic match of almost six hours and in which he had to come back two sets to Medvedev , number 2 in the world and great favorite for the final title. For this reason, the Balearic was broken by emotion at the conclusion of a match that is already tennis history. It is not for less.