It took Nadal until the final of the Australian Open to reach another grand slam. He is now one win away from another title.
If Rafael Nadal wins on Sunday, he will play Daniil Medvedev. Nadal beat Matteo Berrettini of Italy in foursets,s 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Nadal now shares the men’s singles grand slam record (20) with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He now has the chance to go one better than his rivals.
The 35-year-old wanted to cut down on his chancesof makinge history. He says he’s only focused on winning the Australian Open, which he has only won once before in his long career.
After the match, Rafael Nadal said, “For me, the Australian Open is more important than anything else.
“It is a great thing that, as I said a few days ago, I had been a little bit unlucky with some accidents.
“There were times when I played great finals with good chances, like against Novak in 2012 and Roger in 2017. I was close a few times.
When I won it once in 2009, I felt very lucky. I never thought about another chance in 2022, when Ashleigh Barty beat Madison Keys to get into the last 16 of the Australian Open.
‘Best I’ve done in a long time”‘
There were questions about Nadal’s health before the match because last yea, he had a lot of injuries andCOVIDd-19, which is a virus.
He also lost a five-set thriller to Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinals, but the 20-time grand slam winner looked very at ease with Berrettini.
With the roof closed on the Rod Laver Arena because of storms in Melbourne, which could have helped Berrettini, Nadal took a two-set lead after playing the best tennis he’s played for a long time, which he said was “the best I’ve played for a long time.”
The Italian, who is known for his energy, won the third set, but he made too many mistakes and couldn’t do much to stop Rafael Nadal from being strong
“We have to gothruh and fight. That’s the only way Icouldn be where I am now. Indeed, it means a lottor me to be back in the lastplace.e” “Tennis player Rafael Nadal said that he will now put together a team for the twenty-ninth grand slam, which is his last.
