for. ., , ., ., it s the number that nadal is going for. ., y., ., ,:: it s the number that nadal is going for. ., ., ,:: for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles in for. but only one of his 20 grand slam titles in australia, - slam titles in australia, remarkable. the two other men who have won australian open titles in his rivalry, djokovic and federer, they are not in melbourne, i am surprised more people are not talking about him. he has grand slam winning pedigree, seemingly good fitness at the moment, everybody seems to be backing medvedev, i can understand why, he is the us open champion and the highest ranked player in thejob champion and the highest ranked player in the job that nadal is at the bottom in a reasonably comfortable section, his next game will be tough and that he might play last year s semifinalist after that, but i think nadal should be aiming for the semifinals at least. and? for the semifinals at least
i mean, to do that at a time of such fierce competition makes it all the more remarkable, doesn t it? three of them on 20. absolutely. he was the only one who played this australian open. federer s had persistent knee injuries and djokovic we know about his whole deportation saga but th was still as much as he had a bit of daylight from that perspective he was not considered a favorite to do well with it at all. he just had covid in december and that had come at the tail of a long persistent foot injury. these three guys overlapping as much as they have, if they were alone in this their era i think easily any one of them could be at 25, maybe even 30 at this point with how much they ve stopped each other. they really have held each other back in a lot of ways. absolutely. we ve got one minute left. i wanted to touch on medvedev. it seems he felt no love and respect from the melbourne crowds. medvedev had this very long opening monologue in his press conference about the child who
no, we got that almost exactly wrong, basically. people thought that if nadal was going to have a chance in this match he d have to get out to a really early strong start and sort of blitz this match and beat medvedev quickly and efficiently. and the opposite happened, medvedev won the first two sets of the match. the second set was competitive, medvedev eked it out and looked like he had a chance to put it away with a triple break point at 3-2 in the third set and nadal rallied. he was not playing his normal game and seemed to be getting overly creative at times, distracted by the crowd and everything happening. and nadal really took advantage of that and pounced. it was a long physical match that nadal came out on top of which makes winning his 21st title in this sort of physical fashion all the more remarkable at his age. coming down from two sets down in a major that just hardly ever happens. and nadal this is the thing that s interesting. nadal breaks the record in an era of
i mean, after all the drama at the start of this tournament surrounding novak djokovic and also nadal s injury concerns, but he pulled it off, didn t he? rosemary, great to be with you. and he did pull it off. i have to say i never saw it coming. i never saw it coming before the tournament because he was coming back from a long-standing foot problem. didn t have a lot of matches. and then in the actual match itself, rosemary, when he was down two sets, he s almost down two sets and a break, he is 35. i didn t think he would have the stamina to play more than four hours against one of the fittest guys in all of tennis. and also a guy, rosemary, who is probably the best hard court player or the second best hard court player in all of tennis. this comeback, i don t think it s a stretch to say, rosemary, it s probably or could be the biggest comeback in find grand slam set. that is saying something. nadal broke the record up against the likes of djokovic and federer. all three fitting
international golf calendar, the u.s. women s open in san francisco where it s 17-year-old high schooler mega garna co-leading after round one. in the nba playoffs the denver nuggets looking to clinch their series against the portland trailblazers and they are moving on after completing the job to seal the series 4-2. to paris where the top ranked women s player in the world ash bartee out of roland-garros at the french open after retiring in her march on thursday. victories for the big three, nadal, djokovic and federer though the swiss icon losing his cool a little bit during a dispute about the chair umpire. to south america on a thursday nile of you a emotion as messi and argentina s player paying trib ul to diego maradona who passed away last year. how about scoring a double century in your first ever test