Australian Open 2022 Final: Rafael Nadal vs Daniil Medvedev

[ewiewp]

no surprise.
another Rafa classic.

 

[roysid]

Havent we crossed 100 pages yet???
Surprising

 

[-NN-]

If Rafa can find his serve.....

Then it's 99% done.

 

[ACE of Hearts]

I think med is more likely to take this set because he’s getting in more first serves compare to nadal.

 

[pj80]

I wonder how many Rafa fans went to sleep thinking this is over...they will be delighted when they wake up...

 

[NeutralFan]

It's real and a worse one than Tsitsipas'

Please . Here irony is Med was the better player in 1 set and Nadal in 3 .

 

[rUDin 21]

 

[Zetty]

Med gotta be aggressive in the fifth, whether he misses or not, cause the passive rallying and mediocre dropshots are a bad look.

 

[Third Serve]

Well this has been an interesting match to wake up to

 

[MeatTornado]

This match would make so much more sense if the sets were reversed.

3/4 Rafa looking fresh and Med looking tight, leading to routing wins for Rafa.

1/2 Rafa looking weak and the young guy jumping on everything.

 

[Krish872007]

Serving under 50% and still being in this match ROFLMAO

 

[Lleytonstation]

Youhzny.... Youhzny...

Strong era...

 

[MichaelNadal]

I really want this so bad. Please finish this Rafa.

 

[onefineday]

This break is no good. Nadal had all the momentum.

 

[mike danny]

That Nadal had much better legs, very hard to compare him to Nadal's game today.

He got tired in the 4th so meh...

 

[Parabolica]

Medvedev the mental midget.

 

[Oval_Solid]

nadal decided not to return to court?

 

[NeutralFan]

I think med is more likely to take this set because he’s getting in more first serves compare to nadal.

True !that's what I fear.

 

[weakera]

This match would make so much more sense if the sets were reversed.

3/4 Rafa looking fresh and Med looking tight, leading to routing wins for Rafa.

1/2 Rafa looking weak and the young guy jumping on everything.

I said before the match no result would surprise me, and no matter what I was wrong.

 

[5.0 in 3.0 Body Guy]

If Med loses this, he may never get over it. Props to Rafa for continuing to fight. Danill just couldn’t put the final nail in Rafa’s coffin in the third set. As a Med fan it’s been sickening to watch.

 

[Defcon]

Med is tired but he's also playing brain dead tennis. And Rafa is fresh as a daisy now

 

[aman92]

Guys can't watch the completion in totality.. Please please get Rafa over the line

 

[Krish872007]

This match would make so much more sense if the sets were reversed.

3/4 Rafa looking fresh and Med looking tight, leading to routing wins for Rafa.

1/2 Rafa looking weak and the young guy jumping on everything.

Agree, this feels super strange as a match.

 

[DIMI_D]

I’m at the game live boys!! Rafa never dies!!! Keep fighting whatever happens

 

[ibbi]

Medvedev drinking pickle juice. Cramps?

 

[Checkmate]

Please . Here irony is Med was the better player in 1 set and Nadal in 3 .

But Med was 0-40 3-2 up in the third, neutral fan?

 

[JohnnyMac Fan!]

I am impressed, even if he loses, it wasn't a 3 set beat down like the way it looked in the beginning. Is almost as if Rafa learned he was Rafa in the 3rd set

 

[Im(moral) Winner]

Youhzny.... Youhzny...

Strong era...

And he had a broken back in that match

 

[-NN-]

Serving under 50% and still being in this match ROFLMAO

Not only that but bundles of errors.

 

[Open Stance]

lol I turned off in the 3rd set.. WHAT happened?????????????????????????? how did Nadal come back? it was totally over in the beginning of the 3rd set??

Med is wilting under the fatigue and pressure. Been drop shotting like a joker and it’s failed miserably.

 

[Hold Me Back]

Nadal needs to break right away

 

[Flash777]

I am a Novak fan and Nadal winning his 21st here would hurt my man.

But, I simply can't help but root for Rafa.... What a fighter!!

The very fact that he got this into 5th set itself makes him an absolute Warrior God.....

And if only he had that 2nd set....

 

[DIMI_D]

That’s why we love him the heart of a champion the ultimate competitor

 

[ACE of Hearts]

One lousy service game and it could be over for one of these guys especially nadal.

 

[SonicNirvana]

some people have disappeared from the thread. If it goes a certain way they will return.

 

[Winners or Errors]

Amazing how a guy in his mid-30s is outlasting a guy in his mid-20s. Medvedev looks tired. He's not running down balls. I guess we'll see how he comes back to play the 5th.

 

[Ginger ninja]

This nextgen thing is a joke. Let’s just put it this way - if Murray was Med’s age - he’d be going for 30

 

[ibbi]

That Nadal had much better legs, very hard to compare him to Nadal's game today.

That Nadal was also so exhausted after 3 sets he couldn't even beat an injured dude.

 

[soft_manatee]

some small cat energy on display tonight from med

better pick it up in the 5th

 

[GhostOfNKDM]

It'll be sad if Meddy wins the match.

I mean Rafa has been the better player despite bad serving.

Amazing gets, volleys, droppers and of course the characteristic self-belief and fitness.

 

[Krish872007]

One lousy service game and it could be over for one of these guys especially nadal.

Will Med actually recover if he loses this match?

 

[pj80]

I am impressed, even if he loses, it wasn't a 3 set beat down like the way it looked in the beginning. Is almost as if Rafa learned he was Rafa in the 3rd set

I agree, this is very impressive performance from Nadal so far win or lose

 

[VashTheStampede]

Win this fifth set, Rafa! Start serving better too!

 

[NeutralFan]

But Med was 0-40 3-2 up in the third, neutral fan?

Nadal also had One Bp, okay i give u that. But barring first serve Nadal was better off grounds .no?

 

[Lleytonstation]

And he had a broken back in that match

The saddest thing of all this is that med was three one guy not considered a mug ha.

 

[Zetty]

This match would make so much more sense if the sets were reversed.

3/4 Rafa looking fresh and Med looking tight, leading to routing wins for Rafa.

1/2 Rafa looking weak and the young guy jumping on everything.

Medvedev is a grinder that can't go 5, it's so weird honestly.

 

[Larry Duff]

Everything lining of for Nadal, let's hope it turns out to be more interesting than that

 

[Krish0608]

Let’s go Rafa! Win the 5th! Go for it!!

 

[weakera]

Rafa looks pretty calm on the bench

 

[roysid]

Rafa hasn't come down from 0-2 since 2007..... Wow!!!

Did he make 2-2 in sets after falling 0-2 ..