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US Open: Nadal wins 19th Grand Slam title with "crazy" victory over Russian Medvedev
Eurosport Arabia Team
September 09, 2019
Spain's Rafael Nadal (world number two) crowned the US Open with a 3-2 win over Russia's Daniel Medvedev to win the 19th Grand Slam title.
Roger Federer, who had already won 20 titles, still holds the Grand Prix record, while Nadal dug the gap with Serb Djokovic (16).
Despite a stuttering start in Group A and a 2-1 defeat against the Russians, Nadal quickly regained the advantage and the group was leveled until the Spanish champion broke Medvedev's serve. in the 13th match to score 7-5.
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In the second set, Nadal managed to break Medvedev's serve once, but that was enough to finish the 6-3 task.
The fifth seed tried to resist the third set to extend the competition, but Nadal broke the Russian service in the fifth half to take the score to 3-2 for Rafa with a break advantage.
The 23-year-old returned immediately after defeating Nadal and adjusted the score to 3-3, then easily maintained his lead to lead 4-3.
Nadal drew 4-4 in the third set, then Medvedev defended two chances to lose a 5-4 lead.
Nadal then went on to win another blank (5-5), identical to Medvedev's 6-5, before having three chances to win the group in favor of Medvedev since he advanced 40-0 and saved the first Nadal, but the brilliant Russian did not confuse and won the group 7-5.
The fourth set started with a run for Medvedev and then had the chance to break Nadal, but the latter managed to break the deadlock and tie the score 1-1.
Each player kept his service until the score was reached (4-5), then Medvedev managed to break Nadal's service in the tenth game to win the group 6-4 and shoot the result with two sets for each player.
Both players entered Group E, where the Russian won the service and had two chances to break Nadal, but the Matador came back to win the very strong 1-1 match.
Each player kept his serve once, then Nadal beat Medvedev with astounding ability to advance 3-2, 4-2 after holding his half and 5-2 by breaking Medvedev again.
Nadal missed the opportunity to score 5-3 in favor of the player, then Medvedev had the opportunity to win the match in favor of Nadal. Twice but the Russian warrior escaped and maintained his run at 5-4.
Nadal once again had the chance to send him back, and he managed to close the break this time despite a chance to break, ending the 6-4 set set to win the title after a match lasting about five hours.
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