Rafael Nadal has come back from two sets down to force a fifth set in the Australian Open final against
After Medvedev captured the first two sets 6-2, 7-6 (5), Nadal won the third and fourth sets 6-4, 6-4.
In the fourth set, Nadal broke for a 5-3 lead and had a set point, but Medvedev saved and held to force the 20-time major champion to serve it out again.
Holding at love, Nadal had no issue with that. The game lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes.
The 35-year-old Spaniard is still vying for a men’s record 21st major title.
When he was broken in a game that lasted more than 12 minutes and was interrupted by a court intruder, he blew a chance to serve out the second set. When the protester jumped from the stands into the playing arena at Medvedev’s end, Nadal was facing a breakpoint in the ninth game of that set. Medvedev is still one set away from winning back-to-back majors.
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