The surprise came in Australia. The Grand Slam in which he had had the fewest successes, in which Novak Djokovic had won nine times and Roger Federer another six, Rafa Nadal consummated the overtaking on the Serb and the Swiss. The Spanish looks at the two from the top. The Big-Three dominates tennis in the … Read more
“I haven’t drunk alcohol in the last four months (laughs).” This is how Nadal started in his press conference when he was given a glass of champagne to toast in the press room after coming back two sets from Medvedev in the Australian Open final to lift his 21st Grand Slam title. “It’s late. 21 … Read more
Sport has an innate facility to meet the epic. It is part of his idiosyncrasy. It is usually made up of winners, losers and the thread that, at the same time, unites and separates them.: a ball that bounces in or out, a second more or less, etc. High doses of adrenaline that, beyond the … Read more
Rafa Nadal is closer than ever to becoming, at least for now, the best tennis player of all time in terms of Grand Slam titles. The Spaniard plays the final of the Australian Open this Sunday (9:30, Eurosport) against Daniil Medvedev, runner-up last year, and if he wins he will add 21, one more than … Read more
January 30, 2022 could be remembered as the day Rafa Nadal moved ahead of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in the Grand Slam title table. If the Spaniard defeats Daniil Medvedev this Sunday in the final of the Australian Open, he will undo the tie at 20 that he maintains with the Serbian and the … Read more
Rafael Nadal continues to make history. The Spaniard, after defeating Matteo Berrettini, qualified for his sixth final at the Australian Open and for the 29th overall of a Grand Slam. Add 20 titles in the previous 28 finals. On Sunday he will look for his 21st big against Medvedev, which would put him on the … Read more
The final of the Australian Open men’s junior tournament ended in drama when one of the players, Jakub Mensik, a 16-year-old Czech and fourth seed, collapsed in the last game after being treated several times for severe cramps that prevented him from competing until the end of an epic match that lasted three hours and … Read more
Peng Shuai returns to the fore. The Chinese tennis player made headlines at the end of last year for being missing for a few months, after accusing a high-ranking government official of her country of having sexually abused her. And this weekend there has been controversy in Australia as a result of the fact that … Read more
A scene of great tension in the Tsitsipas – Medvedev, of the semifinals of the Australian Open. In the second set, after conceding a break (5-4), the Russian tennis player went crazy against the chair umpire of the party, the Spanish Jaume Campistol. The current number two in the world, in an action that resonated … Read more
Rafa Nadal is already in the final of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the 2022 season. Nadal beat Italian Matteo Berrettini in his semifinal and won the first place in the men’s final of the Australian Open, where will seek to break the tie at 20 Grand Slam that he maintains with … Read more