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Sports Illustrated
Nick Selbe

Sports World Reacts to Rafael Nadal's Australian Open Comeback

After 53 games and over five hours, Rafael Nadal has done it.

The Spaniard mounted a historic rally in Sunday's Australian Open final against Daniil Medvedev, coming back from two sets down to capture his 21st career Grand Slam title. Nadal's victory (2–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5) 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.

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