And by winning only his second in Australia out of six final matches, after the first 13 years ago (2009), the 35-year-old Spaniard raised his tally to 21 titles in major tournaments and was unique in the record he shared with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who missed the tournament, The first due to infection and the second against the background of the issue of his refusal to receive the anti-Coronavirus vaccine.
After a marathon match that lasted 5 hours and 24 minutes, Nadal deprived his opponent of becoming the first Russian to win the Australian Championship since Marat Safin in 2005 and the first player in the professional era to open his record of major titles with two crowns in a row, after he previously won the Flushing Meadows title last summer over Djokovic The winner of the Russian final in Australia last year.
Nadal renewed his superiority over Medvedev after he also beat him in the 2019 Flushing Meadows final, achieving his fourth victory over the Russian out of five matches between them.
Nadal’s record has won 90 singles titles, including two this year at Melbourne and the Australian Open
And in the major tournaments: 21 major titles (Roland Garros in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2020, Wimbledon, England, 2008, 2010, Australian Open, 2009, 2021, and Flushing Meadows, USA, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019).
He also won the singles gold at the Beijing Olympics (2008) and the doubles gold at the Rio Olympics (2016).
He won the Davis Cup with his country 5 times in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019.