Rafael Nadal and Daniel Medvedev will face each other in the men's final of the Australian Open on Sunday. The match is scheduled to be played at the Rod Laver Arena court. By winning this match, Nadal is looking to get the 21st Grand Slam of his career. However, it is not going to be easy for Nadal to beat Medvedev. Last year, in the US Open final, Medvedev of Russia defeated Novak Djokovic. It was the first Grand Slam of his career. Medvedev is scheduled to play with Nadal in four different competitions. Three of them, Nadal and one by Medvedev, have won. One of Nadal's three wins came in the 2019 US Open final. However, in the US Open final, Medvedev had made a comeback after defeating the first two sets but has beaten in the 5th set.
Djokovic was scheduled to face Medvedev in the US Open final last year. Djokovic wanted to win this match and become the player to win the most Grand Slams. Nadal, Djokovic and Federer have won 20-20 Grand Slams. By winning the US Open, Djokovic would have become the first player to have 21 Grand Slams to his name, but Medvedev stopped that from happening. He broke Djokovic's dream to win and took the first Grand Slam of his career to his name.
Now Rafael Nadal has also lived in a condition like Djokovic. He is looking to win the Australian Open and become the first player to win 21 Grand Slams. He will also face Medvedev in the final. In such a situation, Russian players will also be able to break Nadal's dream.
The highest number of male players who have won the most singles Grand Slams:-
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - 20
Pete Sampras - 14
Roy Emerson - 12
Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg - 11
Bill Tilden - 10
Fred Perry, Ken Roswell, Jimmy Connors, Evan Lendl and Andre Agassi - 8
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