The final of Australian Open 2022 has just repeated. There, the victory still belongs to Nadal. Is it different in that instead of many arduous fighting with the opponent, this time he won easily after 2 sets with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
Before the match, Medvedev received good news when Novak Djokovic failed in the Dubai, so he had enough points to reach No. 1 in the world this week. And it seems that it can help Russian tennis players confident when facing the elder Nadal, the development on the field shows the opposite.
Nadal triggered and continuously reached the point. He did not face any break-point and won the whole game of the ball in Set 1, in which many Nadal games almost did not give the opponent a chance to counterattack.
The continuous damage caused Medvedev to almost all the chances in Set 1 and ended with the score of 3-6. Heavy psychology makes Russian tennis players no longer himself. He lost to the first game of Set Hai because he continuously beat himself.
He only returned in set 4. Then the score was 2-1 in favor of Nadal. Medvedev in a position has nothing to lose. He launched many heavy shots on the two corners and he confused the opponent. Medvedev has four break-point.
But in the end, Nadal successfully saved all four points thanks to difficult serve and subtle small phases. As a result, Nadal regained the initiative and continued to end the set with a score of 6-3, thereby setting the final score of 2-0.
With this result, Nadal in the final against Cameron Norrie, the player of Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the remaining semi-finals.
