Sunday, January 30, 2022

Australian Open Live Score, Men's final: Nadal vs Medvedev underway

14:38 (IST)

WHAT A SHOT!

14:38 (IST)

Nadal 2-1 *Medvedev (*denotes next server)

Medvedev taking the ball early and upping the ante. He is staying up on the baseline and smacks a backhand down the line winner to bring the game to 0-30. Once again he finds the corner of the court and should have closed the point out on the short ball. He sends it down the middle, Rafa sticks the racket out and gets it back for a winner. 15-30. Once again! Breathtaking skills by Nadal to get two very tough volleys back. Medvedev making Nadal play so many balls. An errant backhand brings up break point. Nadal saves it but then shanks another forehand for Medvedev to have another chance at break. Big serve out wide and another break point goes begging. Nadal with a low slice that Medvedev sends into the net. Rafa holds with thumping groundstrokes and a winner into open court

14:27 (IST)

Nadal* 1-1 Medvedev (*denotes next server)

Less of a nervous hold for Medvedev. He closes the game out with a 187kmph ace

14:24 (IST)

Nadal 1-0 *Medvedev (*denotes next server)

Nadal gets us underway. Early on, Rafa opening the court up with angled cross forehands and making Daniil move to the side. Back-to-back backhand unforced errors bring the game to deuce. Thrice in the 19-shot rally did it look Nadal had gone for it too much only for the ball to drop in. Medvedev finds the net on the backhand and Nadal has the chance to hold. And he does. Medvedev sends the return wide and Nadal is on the board

14:16 (IST)

Three-time Australian Open champion Rod Laver and two-time Australian Open champion Jim Courier bring the trophy out to Rod Laver Arena

14:14 (IST)

The players are on court for the Australian Open final. Rafael Nadal has won the toss and opted to serve first. Australia's John Blom is the chair umpire for this one

14:06 (IST)

Both Sony Network experts Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja backing Rafael Nadal to get the win. Fair shout. Truth be told, it could go either way. 

14:04 (IST)

WHAT A STAT!

14:03 (IST)

Celebrities in attendance today at Australian Open: 

Rod Laver AC MBE, Australian tennis legend

The Hon. Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria

Neale Fraser AO MBE, Australian tennis legend

Judy Dalton AM, Australian tennis legend

Ian Thorpe AM, Multiple Olympic Gold Medallist, Guest of Ralph Lauren

Emma McKeon AM, Multiple Olympic Gold Medallist

Eric Bana, Actor

Michael Chugg, Chugg Entertainment

Alicia Debnam Carey, Actress

Sophie Wilde, Actress

Thomas Cocquerel, Actor

Sam Corlett, Actor

David and Candice Warner

14:01 (IST)

In the women's doubles final earlier: Top-ranked Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova took another major step in a partnership which began in junior ranks when they won the Australian Open women’s doubles 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Sunday from unseeded Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

The Czech pair claimed their first Australian Open title to go with one Wimbledon and two French Open titles to move a step closer to a career Grand Slam in doubles. They also are Olympic champions.

Danilina and Haddad Maia became the first pair to take a set from Krejcikova and Siniakova in Melbourne and kept the final alive for 2 hours and 42 minutes before finally succumbing.

13:55 (IST)

Minutes away from start

13:53 (IST)

Head-to-head: Nadal leads 3-1

Nadal won his first meeting against Medvedev in straightforward fashion. Rest have gone to a deciding set

13:30 (IST)

Daniil Medvedev's road to the final:

1st rd: bt Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)

2nd rd: bt Nick Krygios (AUS) 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 

3rd rd: bt Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2

4th rd: bt Maxime Cressy (usa) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-5

Quarter-final: bt Fleix Auger-Aliassime (CAN x9) 6-7 (4/7), 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-5, 6-4 

Semi-final: bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x4) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

13:30 (IST)

🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev

Age: 25

World ranking: 2

Prize money: $22,126,356

Career titles: 13

Grand Slam titles: 1 (US Open 2021)

Australian Open best: Final (2021, 2022)

Coach: Gilles Cervara

Making his fourth Slam final appearance and second straight Australian Open final appearance.

After falling to number two Rafael Nadal in 2019 US Open final and number one Novak Djokovic in the 2021 Australian Open final, denied Djokovic a calendar Grand Slam by beating him in the 2021 US Open final.

Defeated number one Djokovic, number two Nadal and number three Dominic Thiem at 2020 ATP Finals to become the first player to sweep top three in tournament history. 

Led ATP Tour with 63 wins and achieved career-high number two in 2021.

13:30 (IST)

Rafael Nadal's road to the final:

1st rd: bt Marcos Giron (USA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2

2nd rd: bt Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 6-2, 6-3, 6-4

3rd rd: bt Karen Khachanov (RUS x28) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

4th rd: bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-6 (16/14) 6-2, 6-2

Quarter-final: bt Denis Shapovalov (CAN x14) 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3

Semi-final: bt Matteo Berrettini (ITA x7) 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

13:29 (IST)

🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal

Age: 35

World ranking: 5

Prize money: $125,050,235

Career titles: 89

Grand Slam titles: 20 (French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020); Wimbledon (2008, 2010); US Open (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019) Australian Open (2009)

Australian Open best: Winner (2009) 

Coaches: Carlos Moya, Francisco Roig, Marc Lopez

Tied with Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for most Grand Slam titles (20). Ranked in top 10 for record 849 consecutive weeks (2005-21), including 209 total weeks as number one following 160 straight weeks as number two.

Grand Slam match win-loss record stands at 297-41 heading into the 2022 final and Australian Open record is 75-15. 

Unbeaten so far this season at 10-0 and playing in his sixth Australian Open final and 21st in Grand Slams.

Nadal is coming off a curtailed 2021 season caused by a chronic foot injury followed by a bout of Covid-19 in December.

13:27 (IST)

A quick bio of both the finalists

12:33 (IST)

Hello! And so we have arrived on the final day of the 2022 Australian Open. Our focus today is on the men's final which features Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev. Both men chasing records of their own. Nadal is chasing a record 21st Grand Slam crown and bidding to become only the fourth man to win each of the four Grand Slams twice. Medvedev, meanwhile, will collect his second major with a win - couple of months after winning his first at the US Open. No man in the Open Era has won two straight majors to get their tally going.

Preview: It'll be a history-making day, one way or the other. Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title. He’ll have to beat second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final to get the mark on his own.

And Medvedev is chasing a piece of history after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals.

The US Open champion is aiming to be the first man in the Open era to win his second Grand Slam title at the next major tournament.

In the women's doubles final, the top-seeded team of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova will go for their fourth Grand Slam women’s doubles title when they face Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia.

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