{"id":199719,"date":"2022-02-26T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T08:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=199719"},"modified":"2022-02-26T21:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T21:57:58","slug":"nadal-topples-medvedev-in-ao-final-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=199719","title":{"rendered":"Nadal topples Medvedev in AO final rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time around, there was no drama.<\/p>\n<p>In a rematch of an <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2022-rafael-nadal-daniil-medvedev-final-result-video-highlights\/dbcb2537-b828-4ad8-a958-5b4c438de6bb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"epic five-set Australian Open final\">epic five-set Australian Open final<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/rafael-nadal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Rafael Nadal\">Rafael Nadal<\/a> defeated <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/daniil-medvedev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Daniil Medvedev\">Daniil Medvedev<\/a> 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday and qualified for the Mexican Open final, where he will play Great Britain&#x27;s Cameron Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>A month ago in Australia, the 35-year-old Nadal came from two sets down to beat Medvedev and win his record 21st Grand Slam singles title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/james-harden-stars-on-philadelphia-76ers-debut-after-ben-simmons-trade-joel-embiid-thrilled\/bca1db10-c893-480d-b625-cd61b1f83bd8\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Embiid, 76ers stars thrilled after dazzling Harden debut\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Embiid, 76ers stars thrilled after dazzling Harden debut<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/basketball\/lebron-james-los-angeles-lakers-fume-over-review-call-loss-to-los-angeles-clippers\/bfe262be-2374-4d2b-af08-fa495bf28ddc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"LeBron and Lakers fume over &#x27;total BS&#x27; review call\"><strong>LeBron and Lakers fume over &#x27;total BS&#x27; review call<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/essendon-boss-denies-final-drought-pressure-premiership-hopes\/0d0502be-bf67-426e-87d2-51bc5758de4d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Essendon boss hits out at finals drought theory\"><strong>Essendon boss hits out at finals drought theory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery match is different, I said that yesterday, there are different conditions and everything changes,\u201d Nadal said. \u201cIt was a different game, with a very exciting second (set) where I made very few mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"13cced02-7d9c-408a-a79e-a74c491563c0\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/13cced02-7d9c-408a-a79e-a74c491563c0\" alt=\"Rafael Nadal\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nadal is now 14-0 for the year and will try to capture his fourth title in Acapulco, where he&#x27;s a fan favourite after winning the 2005, 2013 and 2020 titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week means a lot after what happened in Australia, I was able to remain focused, that means that I&#x27;m OK mentally and that&#x27;s important because there&#x27;s a tough final tomorrow,\u201d Nadal said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#x27;s been a long career with more success than I could have imagined. To be playing here is a gift that I treasure and appreciate, I&#x27;m thankful for these opportunities.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard started off strong in the match with a break in the fourth game of the first set that lasted 47 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Medvedev, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/djokovic-to-be-replaced-at-no-1-by-medvedev-after-dubai-loss\/134cf6c6-74dc-4384-a04b-a05de58f7903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"who will become the men&#x27;s world No.1 on Monday\">who will become the men&#x27;s world No.1 on Monday<\/a>, played better in the second set but missed converting 11 break points, seven of them in a fifth game that lasted 19 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5a63d1fc-d1a6-4921-a01d-443583a61941\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5a63d1fc-d1a6-4921-a01d-443583a61941\" alt=\"Daniil Medvedev\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#x27;t think that I played great today, my whole level on the match was not good enough to play against a player like Rafa,&quot; said Medvedev.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#x27;s not such a thing that I can take from this, to be honest I need to change everything I did today. I feel like I was missing some energy today.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Norrie extended his hot streak in February by upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>After losing all four of his matches in January, Norrie is 10-1 in February and arrived in Mexico after winning the third ATP Tour title of his career at Delray Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7b76bb42-049f-4b36-9e15-62e5a41a5f56\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7b76bb42-049f-4b36-9e15-62e5a41a5f56\" alt=\"Cameron Norrie\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Norrie, the sixth-seeded player in Acapulco, matched the biggest win of his career by beating No.4-ranked Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI served very well today, I really enjoyed the match, it&#x27;s one of my best wins, I hope we can keep the run alive tomorrow\u201d, said Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>Norrie had service breaks in the ninth game of the first and second set to defeat Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>Norrie&#x27;s previous biggest career win was he defeated Dominic Thiem, who was fourth in the ATP rankings, in the 2021 Lyon semi-final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This time around, there was no drama. In a rematch of an epic five-set Australian Open final, Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3 on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=199719\" title=\"Nadal topples Medvedev in AO final rematch\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199721,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199719\/revisions\/199721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}