Rafa Nadal triumphs at the Australian Open 2022 in Melbourne, setting the all-time record for tennis Grand Slam tournaments. The Spanish champion has in fact reached 21, one more than Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Nadal, who defeated the blue Berrettini in the semifinals, in the final defeated the Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number 2, in five sets, after losing the first two. 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 7-5 the final score.

"I will carry this tournament forever in my heart: I lived three incredible weeks and today one of the most exciting days of my career", Rafa's hot comment after the victory, which came after a difficult period, during which he himself revealed of having feared until a month ago of having to quit tennis.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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