Rafa Nadal surpassed Daniil Medvedev in the Australian final to expand the classics on Sunday, thereby winning the 21st Grand Slam title in his career.
He has overcome to become the most Grand Slam tennis player in history, with a record 21 Grand Slam. The two names after him were Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic with the same 20 titles each.
But Nadal is more impressive in winning the Grand Slam tournament. Federer and Djokovic both played 31 finals, of which they won 20 times, with the rate of 67.7%. While Nadal only needs 29 times to reach the final to have 21 championships. Nadal's final win rate is up to 72.4%.
Remember, in addition to the 21 Grand Slam record, Nadal is also the 3rd year old Australian championship expanded after Rosewall in 1971 and 1972 and Federer in 2018. The great things that Nadal is having, unexpectedly, coming just a few months after he admitted fear his splendid career could end because of injury.
Injury led Rafael Nadal to miss the Wimbledon and US Open. But by luck (Novak Djokovic was eliminated from Australian Open), and especially the energy and extraordinary talent, Nadal was crowned.
After 4 final defeats in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2019, Nadal now won the second Australian Open championship in his career, 13 years after defeating Federer in a decisive match in 2009.
