: Australian Open men’s singles final preview: In quest for No 21, Rafa Nadal takes on Daniil Medvedev #IndiaNEWS Rafael Nadal is chasing a record 21st Grand Slam crown in Sunday’s Australian Open

Australian Open men’s singles final preview: In quest for No 21, Rafa Nadal takes on Daniil Medvedev #IndiaNEWS
Rafael Nadal is chasing a record 21st Grand Slam crown in Sunday’s Australian Open final but Daniil Medvedev will once again be the man seeking to play spoiler. The Russian world No 2 foiled Novak Djokovic in last year’s US Open final to prevent the Serbian’s calendar Grand Slam bid and scuppered his attempt to move ahead of Nadal and Roger Federer on the all-time list of men’s major winners.Apart from the 21st major title, Nadal is on Sunday also bidding to become only the fourth man to win each of the four Grand Slams twice.At 35 will be the third oldest man in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, behind Ken Rosewall and Federer.The quirky Russian is evidently relishing the chance to block Nadal getting to 21 majors ahead of his “Big Three??? rivals, as he did with Djokovic four months ago.Paths to the finalNadal:1st rd: bt Marcos Giron (USA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-22nd rd: bt Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 6-2, 6-3, 6-43rd rd: bt Karen Khachanov (RUS x28) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-14th rd: bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-6 (16/14) 6-2, 6-2Quarter-final: bt Denis Shapovalov (CAN x14) 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3Semi-final: bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA x7) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3Medvedev:1st rd: bt Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)2nd rd: bt Nick...Read more

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