Australian Open Final: In what can be touted as the greatest-ever Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal created history by outlasting World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev to win his second Australian Open title. In a marathon contest that stretched for 4 hours, Nadal earned a hard-fought 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 victory in five sets to become the first man to win 21 Grand Slam titles.
Australian Open Final: Nadal wins historic 21st Grand Slam title, Sportspersons pour in wishes to the the champ
Following are the reactions to the 36-year old Nadal’s historic 21st Grand Slam victory.
World No.1 Novak Djokovic hailed the victory as an amazing achievement.
Congratulations to @RafaelNadal for 21st GS. Amazing achievement. Always impressive fighting spirit that prevailed another time. Enhorabuena 👏🏆👍 @Medwed33 gave it his all out there and played with the passion and determination we have come to expect from him. pic.twitter.com/DsOvK8idNc
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) January 30, 2022
Indian tennis legend, Mahesh Bhupathi congratulated Nadal by tweeting,
Heart , Grit , Fight .. let’s go Rafa !!! #onemore @AustralianOpen #crowd https://t.co/rfBsOWfdMG
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) January 30, 2022
American Tennis player Madison Keys called him a legend.
Wow @RafaelNadal!!! What a legend. 🏆 #AusOpen
— Madison Keys (@Madison_Keys) January 30, 2022
Australian Open’s official twitter account called him “Grand Slam King”
The Grand Slam King 👑#AusOpen • #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/MsrkpTXzee
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 30, 2022
Australian Open also posted a video showing the celebration of Rafael Nadal’s father.
Proud Papa ❤️#AusOpen • #AO2022 • @RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/MFRYe6QTjs
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 30, 2022
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar termed Nada’s 21st Grand Slam victory incredible.
That is absolutely magnificent. Stunning to say the least.
From 2 sets down to come back and win your 21st Grand Slam is incredible.
Congratulations @RafaelNadal!#AusOpen pic.twitter.com/VHjjlb4GFN
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 30, 2022
Cricketer Virender Sehwag tweeted ‘Fire hai Fire” to congratulate Nadal.
Rafael – Fire 🔥hai Fire .
What an incredible comeback, what a champion #RafaelNadal pic.twitter.com/5aNFTRP1wc— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 30, 2022
Former South Africa cricketer, AB de Villiers praised Nadal for his humility and write “Rafa always shows us what sport is all about.”
Rafa always shows us what Sport is all about. Respect for his opponent and the game, incredible fight till the end, and humility irrespective of his achievements. Legend
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) January 30, 2022
Indian Badminton star Saina Nehwal tweeted, “What a match” and congratulated Nadal.
What a match 👏👏👏… Congratulations #RafaelNadal for winning the #AusOpen title 👍
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) January 30, 2022
Former Formula One Driver Nico Rosberg termed him a legend.
What. A. Legend. @RafaelNadal Super congrats to my fellow @SunreefYachts ambassador! Watched every minute of it! My daughters thought I was crazy shouting at the TV! Well done also to Medvedev. #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/YgjNkT8IWY
— Nico Rosberg (@NicoRosberg) January 30, 2022
Formula One Driver Lando Norris tweeted “GG”.
gg @RafaelNadal 🔥
— Lando Norris (@LandoNorris) January 30, 2022
Argentine Tennis player, Nadia Podoroska tweeted,
R A F A 2️⃣1️⃣#AO2022
— Nadia Podoroska (@nadiapodoroska) January 30, 2022
Spanish Football Club, Real Madrid FC too sent its wishes to the Spaniard.
👏 Congratulations! 2️⃣1️⃣
👊 VAMOS, @RafaelNadal! 👊 #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/fQ5LL0ItMn— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) January 30, 2022
Footballer Toni Kroos congartulating him by tweeting “Rafael Nadal. Thal’s the Tweet.”
Rafael Nadal. That’s the tweet.
— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) January 30, 2022
Cricket Historian Ayaz Memon called him “Warrior King”.
Warrior King! #Rafa
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) January 30, 2022
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