he was in bed for a couple of days with covid just before christmas. not the only tennis player who s been in that situation but it s far from ideal preparation. but the biggest concern was his foot injury which has troubled him since he was a teenager. it s a problem with a bone in the bridge of his foot. and it was causing him a lot of discomfort, he didn t play for the second half of last year, had a medical intervention that didn t really reduce the pain. in the end he decided to push through the pain barrier. it worked spectacularly and he s now the australian open champion again. it finished at 11 minutes past one in the morning and was the first time anybody in modern time had come back from 2 0 down to win the australian open final. medvedev was the player to beat once we knew that djokovic would be able to play. he won the us open in september, is a world number two, he s been phenomenally successful on hard court. it was a truly exceptional performance by nadal. i think we ha
that now moves him ahead of roger federer novak djokovic in the battle to end their career with the most number of grand slam titles by a man. the next grand slam onto clay at roland garros where nadal has won 13 times. maybe he will start the favourite there in a few months time, who knows? also the fact that he battled through these very, very difficult problems, he was in bed for a couple of days with covid just before christmas. not the only tennis player who s been in that situation but it s far from ideal preparation. but the biggest concern was his foot injury which is troubled him since he was a teenager. it s a problem with a bone in the bridge of his foot. and it was causing him a lot of discomfort, he didn t play for the second half of last year, a medical intervention that didn t really reduce the pain. in the end he decided to push through the pain barrier. it worked spectacularly and is now the australian open champion again. it finished at 11 minutes past one in the mor