There were many exhilarating and shocking moments in sports this year, but some of the most thrilling happened when we least expected it. From tennis matches to NFL and WNBA games, to the madness of March in college basketball, 2022 gave us rallies, resurgences and downright return-from-the-dead’s that we’ll never forget. Year after year, Yogi Berra’s adage still holds true: “It ain’t over til it’s over.” Below, we recount some of the biggest comebacks in sports in 2022.
Nadal recovers from two sets down to beat Medvedev at 2022 Australian Open
After more than five hours on the court, Rafael Nadal mounted a historic comeback in the Australian Open final in January. The Spaniard trailed Daniil Medvedev 2–3, 0–40 in the third set before he rallied back from two sets down to win 2–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 and claim a men’s record 21st major title. The victory marked the first time in 15 years he had won a best-of-five match after dropping the first two sets and broke a three-way tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for the most major singles titles in men's tennis history.
