Australian Open 2022 Final: Rafael Nadal vs Daniil Medvedev

[killerboss]

Let's go Rafa!!

 

[James P]

Clutchdal

Medly should have taken that game.

 

[NatF]

Big hold. Med paying for that point at 0-30 but Nadal so solid on the big points.

 

[ductrung3993]

Nadal has always been the toughest match up for Med, same with Fed

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Man why is Rafa making so many errors? You just can't do that against Novak at AO and expect to get away with it.

Novak

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Nadal asking for sawdust for his sweat!

 

[TheNachoMan]

Everyone ITT is ahead of me as usual. lol

 

[Forgive Me Father]

He is sweating more than ever before though.

 

[pj80]

Why is Rafa sweating so much?

he scared of the Medman

 

[Tennis_Freak99]

Rafa gonna put huge pressure on the next service game now

 

[junior74]

Medvedev should have won that game - that kind of sloppy decisions lose slam finals

 

[ForehandCross]

That can cost him so much. You don't get enough chances against this guy.

 

[Halba]

Pretty good hold. But too much pressure.

 

[weakera]

Good news for Rafa, up 2-1 and could not be playing worse. 8 unforced errors already.

 

[Tennis sensation]

Big hold

2-1

 

[aman92]

Nadal needs to definitely come to the net at every opportunity...

 

[The Fedfather]

Rafa recovered nicely there. Still feel Medvedev didn't do his best on the 30-0 point, could've changed things drastically.

 

[ductrung3993]

Clutchdal

Medly should have taken that game.

dumb of Meddy to not putaway the FH and lob Nadal instead of tryna pass him

 

[Yugram]

Nadal GOATing at the net and on slices. Forehand and backhand yet to be found.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

What a hold by Rafa. He’s having to work for it. He’s 35, Medvedev is young and fit.

That’s not gonna help him. Extending too muche energy just to hold. His serve is the bigger issue.

 

[Deleted member 762343]

NOW BREAK HIM

WAIT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS!

 

[Ledigs]

It is truly amazing having seen medvedev stop djokovic from getting 21 and now seeing him try to stop Rafa from 21. Both on hard court. Will Rafa be able to do what Novak couldn’t against the Mad Lad?

 

[Uni_hiflyer]

Good hold with some luck. This can’t be the avg game for Nadal if he wants to win

 

[MeatTornado]

On the one hand that game is good sign for Medvedev making Nadal work.

OK the other hand, not being able to break Rafa when he basically tried to donate that game is bad news for him, because Nadal still has a lot of room to up his game.

 

[aman92]

Think Rafa breaks here

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Missed chance for meddy but fair play to rafa. He came up with big serving and great net play to save the game. Meddy baseline looking very solid though.

 

[NeutralFan]

The Mad Lad is so far back RAFA should take pace of his serve and go for a higher percentage.

And angle

 

[slipgrip93]

good tactical point play by Nadal

 

[lordlosh]

First 2 serve game and the cheater is always on 30-35 seconds. Obviously for him there is no time rules....

 

[SeeingDusk]

Clutchdal

Medly should have taken that game.

madlad should’ve broken to love already and that would’ve been the set

 

[alinefx]

NADAL already doing better than 1st set Joe Covid at USO. Not broken yet like Joe was

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

Again the irony of Rafa beating Roger at the slam record by having to play like him - relying on big first serves, stepping in and finishing points at net.

I tell ya, the universe is always conspiring to confound us.

 

[junior74]

Nadal way passive in the start. Luckily avoids break of serve.

Luckdal. It's written all over this.

 

[Cortana]

Uhoh, danger zone.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

0-15

 

[Yugram]

YESSSS BOSS HIM WITH THAT FOREHAND

 

[UnforcedTerror]

Shame, Med should've went up 0-40 and broken Bull from there.

Bull was so lucky that ball landed on the sideline.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Run him ragged RAFA

 

[NeutralFan]

Great point Rafa, move him around.

 

[TheNachoMan]

I smell a Nadal break

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Nadal is sweating buckets

The guy’s always like that he does look nervous though which is a joke for a guy that has won 20 slams.

 

[James P]

Knuckle ball body serve

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Thats a terrible return for 0-15

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

Clowns in the crowd. Worse than the Americans and French combined

Once people get drunk, all nationalities are the same

 

[Daniel Andrade]

what a second serve

 

[NatF]

Nadal not getting many returns into play,

 

[ForehandCross]

well I will join this thread later.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

Med on the other hand is getting in more first serves .

 

[aman92]

30-30..mini chance

 

[TennisFan3]

Nadal has forgotten who he truly is. His forehand is doing nothing vs Med here. He is not dictating play or using the angles to hurt Med. Nadal barely held.
Watch Med hold at love or something.

This is not going to go well for Rafa. He cannot wage a physical battle. He has no legs for that at all. The backhand is also totally gone off the rails.