Australian Open 2022: Djokovic congratulates Nadal on winning record 21st Grand Slam

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Sunday congratulated arch-rival Rafael Nadal for clinching a record 21st Grand Slam win over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open 2022 final.

Under the lights on the Rod Laver Arena, the great Spaniard looked down and out against Daniil Medvedev. However, the sixth seed displayed his trademark big-match mentality, beating the Russian 2-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in front of a raucous crowd at the Melbourne Classic. Did.

With his dramatic win, Nadal claims sole ownership of the record for most men’s singles Grand Slam titles, surpassing Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who are both at 20 major crowns.

Novak Djokovic tweeted, “Congratulations Rafael Nadal for the 21st GS. Amazing achievement. Always impressive fighting spirit that prevailed the second time around. enhorabuena @medved33 gave it their all and played with that passion and determination, What we expect from them.”

“Some excellent tennis has been played in this year’s #AusOpen and the finals were exceptional. Congratulations to @ashbarty on an amazing performance in front of our home audience and congrats to Daniel Collins for an incredible tournament,” the Serbian who was relegated earlier was AO 2022, added in another tweet.

The 35-year-old, who also won the trophy in Melbourne in 2009, has become the second player in the Open Era to win each of the four majors at least twice alongside Djokovic.

In a high-quality and physical match that dwindled and swept, a pumped-up Nadal displayed his fighting spirit to pour water on a red-hot Medvedev performance. With his back firmly against the wall after the second set, Nadal’s champion mentality shone as he began to hit with more success through Medvedev in a brutal, heavy-hitting performance.

-ANI. with inputs from