“It’s amazing to have another Grand Slam title at this moment in my career. It means a lot to me,” the 35-year-old said. “This title has a huge significance. I would never say I deserve it, because I think a lot of people fight and a lot of people deserve it. But I really believe that I’m a very positive I have the feeling. For the last six months, I have really struggled to get back on the court.”
Raphael Nadal With his 21 Grand Slam titles. (USA Today Sports, Action Image, Reuters Photo)
Nadal said, ‘I consider myself lucky to have achieved another special thing in my tennis career. “I don’t care much about whether I’m the best in history or not. For me it’s about enjoying nights like today. It means everything to me. Winning the second Australian Open is more than anything for me.” What matters more is the other thing.”
Nadal who looked down and out at the half-way mark, especially considering he was up against world No. 2 Daniels. medvedev, who was reading his play like a book, said he was encouraged not to undo the second set.
“The situation was dire, but the game is unpredictable. I had a big chance in the second set,” said Nadal, the first man in the Open Era to make a comeback after loving two sets in the Australian Open final. “I was repeating myself throughout the match, I lost here many times after getting chances, sometimes I was a little unlucky. I just wanted to believe till the end. I wanted to give me a chance.”
Nadal titled his charge ‘most unexpected’, even ‘astonishing’. “It’s been a very emotional night,” he told the media after the match. “Even now, I am physically destroyed.”
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