Rafael Nadal broke away from his rivals by winning a 21st grand slam title in extraordinary fashion to bring the Australian Open to a close.
Nadal recovered from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev 2-6 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 in a match that lasted five hours and 24 minutes and finished at 1.11am.
The Spaniard is the first man in history to reach 21 slam titles, one ahead of both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Congratulations to @RafaelNadal for 21st GS. Amazing achievement. Always impressive fighting spirit that prevailed another time. Enhorabuena 👏🏆👍 @Medwed33 gave it his all out there and played with the passion and determination we have come to expect from him. pic.twitter.com/DsOvK8idNc
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 30, 2022
To the moon and back 🏆@BKrejcikova & @K_Siniakova are #AusOpen women's doubles champions for the first time!
🎥: @AustralianOpen pic.twitter.com/T4ucWgDOux
— ITF (@ITFTennis) January 30, 2022
Men’s singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s singles: Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Men’s doubles: Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia)
Women’s doubles: Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)
Mixed doubles: Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia)
Boys’ singles: Bruno Kuzuhara (USA)
Girls’ singles: Petra Marcinko (Croatia)
Boys’ doubles: Bruno Kuzuhara (USA) and Coleman Wong (Hong Kong)
Girls’ doubles: Clervie Ngounoue (USA) and Diana Shnaider (Russia)
Men’s wheelchair singles: Shingo Kunieda (Japan)
Women’s wheelchair singles: Diede De Groot (Netherlands)
Men’s wheelchair doubles: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid (Great Britain)
Women’s wheelchair doubles: Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot (Netherlands)
Quad wheelchair singles: Sam Schroder (Netherlands)
Quad wheelchair doubles: Andy Lapthorne (Great Britain) and David Wagner (USA)
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