is being dubbed, lashing new england with near hurricane force winds, feet of snow and freezing temperatures and flash flooding hitting parts of the northeast as blizzard conditions were confirmed in several states. the storm grinding travel on the east coast to a halt with more than 4600 flights canceled. over to tennis australian open in the finals is happening right now. it is world number two, daniil medvedev up two sets to one against 6th ranked rafael nadal. he is entering tonight to surpass novak djokovic s 21 titles. djokovic is not competing in this year s tournament because of his covid vaccine status. those are your headlines. rachel. rachel: all right. still to come, canadians fighting for freedom as truck drivers and supporters rally against covid mandates.
accomplished men s singles player in tennis history. he defeated daniil medvedev in a five-set, five-hour final at the australian open. with the men, the 35-year-old has a men s record 21 grand slam titles, placing him one above roger federer and novak djokovic. we will have more of the medhi hasan show after the break. hasan show after the break. when i break a long run, i m talking long, long. that s why i use old spice triple protection sweat defense. [announcer] there he goes. old spice works harder for longer. hey derrick man, you gonna be much longer?
reporter: rafael nadal claims victory and makes tennis history. his signature celebrations on the court, after an epic come-from-behind win at the australian open against u.s. open champion, daniil medvedev the 35-year-old spaniard rallied back to win his 21st grand slam title, surpassing roger federer and novak djokovic to become the most decorated men s tennis player of all time having this trophy with me, you don t know how much it means to be here reporter: the fight meant overcoming a painful recovery, from a major foot surgery just two months ago. this was a legacy match for rafael nadal. and i don t say that lightly, because he is legendary already. when you consider the fact that he was on crutches a couple months ago. reporter: notably absent from the australian open was top-seeded novak djokovic, deported earlier this month
rafael nadal is now the most accomplished men s singles player in tennis history. he defeated daniil medvedev in a five-set, five-hour final at the australian open. with the win, the 35-year-old has a men s record 21 grand slam titles, placing him one above roger federer and novak djokovic. we will have more of the mehdi hasan show after the break. hasan show after the break. and long-lasting gain scent beads. try spring daydream, now part of our irresistible scent collection.
this is the first time this tournament is back after the pandemic. it was two years ago, so this week, essentially, that this was one of the first biggest sporting events that shut down out here in the california desert. so those players were received well as were other players from those parts of the world. daniil med vedev lost, there ar a lot of things happening in the locker room, the player areas, i m not going to say there s controversy but there are a lot of things going on because these are players that come from all parts of the world, and a lot of them come from belarus, from russia, from ukraine. we ve seen even a couple of former ukrainian male tennis players taking up arms, and in fact, alex dogapola who recently retired from playing on the men s tour said in his twitter