Text for translation 24: Rafael Nadal Wins the Australian Open, His 21st Grand Slam Title. 2 de febrero de 2022

Buenas tardes, estimada familia IPEP #inglésipep #ingléspagsypau (en Twitter).

Vamos a ahora a celebrar la victoria de una gran campeón, sinónimo de tenacidad, de bondad y un gran español que lleva la bandera de España allá por donde vaya. Nadal, gran orgullo del deporte español.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/sports/tennis/nadal-medvedev-australian-open.html

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Rafael Nadal Wins the Australian Open, His 21st Grand Slam Title

Novak Djokovic overshadowed the first Grand Slam of the year before it began, but Nadal pulled off an epic comeback over Daniil Medvedev that broke his tie with Djokovic and Roger Federer in men’s singles major career victories.

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal shook his head, as if in disbelief. Then he moved to the net to shake the hand of his opponent, Daniil Medvedev, and it was then that it seemed to sink in. Nadal stood alone in the record book with 21 career Grand Slam men’s singles titles, one more than his rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Suddenly, Nadal punched the air like a prizefighter, flexing his arms like a bodybuilder, pumping his fists overhead, then dropping to his knees as tears flowed.

Nadal’s five-hour-and-24-minute triumph, after being down by two sets, thrilled a raucous crowd on a warm Sunday night at Rod Laver Arena. It came just a day after Ashleigh Barty of Australia won the women’s singles title, the first home court win at the Australian Open in 44 years.

But if the final weekend of the first major sporting event of the year ended in singular fashion, the beginning was anything but.

Two weeks ago, just hours before the first matches, Australian authorities deported Djokovic, a perennial favorite in the tournament and Nadal’s longtime rival, for entering the country without being vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Nadal’s victory, and with it the claim of being the sport’s most decorated Grand Slam men’s singles champion, was a cruel twist for Djokovic, a nine-time champion of the event who received an exemption from the Australian tennis federation to play unvaccinated but was then told to leave the country after his visa was canceled and an appeal was rejected.

Nadal, 35, returned from a chronic foot injury that had him considering retirement late last year and then came back on Sunday in a match he trailed by two sets to win, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

He fought. He thought. He fought and thought some more against an opponent who was 10 years younger and had pushed Nadal to the five-set limit in their first major final at the 2019 U.S. Open before losing to Nadal in four hours and 49 minutes.

Sunday’s final turned out to be considerably longer, but Nadal delivered a reminder of the classic matches he had played in Rod Laver Arena and beyond.

After it ended, at 1:11 a.m. on Monday in Melbourne, Djokovic and Federer, who is now tied for second with 20 major singles titles, congratulated Nadal in social media messages.

“A few months ago we were joking about both being on crutches,” Federer wrote on Instagram. He added: “I’m proud to share this era with you.”

“Amazing achievement,” wrote Djokovic, who praised Nadal’s “always impressive fighting spirit that prevailed another time.”

Saludos.