Ranking every single one of Rafael Nadal's record 21 Grand Slam tennis titles

 Ranking every single one of Rafael Nadal's record 21 Grand Slam tennis titles

1. Rafael Nadal has consistently had a pizazz for the sensational, with his clenched hand siphons and "Vamos!" mobilizing cries and how he generally tumbles onto his back the second another Grand Slam tennis title is secure. However, he did something extraordinary for himself on Sunday - - and into Monday - - in Melbourne, taking a five-set, 5½-hour triumph over the inclined toward Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open last.
2. This was a shocker, even by the 35-year-old's guidelines. His 21st Slam win, the absolute most ever in present-day men's tennis, was the most startling of his profession. Indeed, even with Novak Djokovic having his visa repudiated, Nadal started the competition with simply a 1.7% possibility of winning it, per Tennis Abstract's Elo rankings. He had finished just five matches since last year's French Open because of an irritating foot injury, one he dreaded may end his vocation.
3. Nadal dropped a set to Karen Khachanov in the third round in Melbourne and endure an epic first-set sudden death round against veteran Adrian Mannarino in the fourth before holding onto control. Nadal's body almost sold out him in a five-set quarterfinal prevail upon Denis Shapovalov, and he really wanted four sets to move beyond Matteo Berrettini in the elimination round.

Nadal

• Nadal set forth genuine effort even before ending up down two sets to Medvedev, who is perhaps the best hard-court player on the planet right now. 
• In any case, from 2-3 and love-40 down in the third set, Nadal battled his direction back the main way he knew how: by crushing. He gained favor with nine or more shots in the last three sets, and when Medvedev got his legs back under him in the fifth set and mounted a charge, Nadal invoked sufficient sorcery to complete the task. 
• Nadal saved an epic assistance game at 3-2, and when he became broken at 5-4 in the wake of driving 30-0, he quickly crushed spirit. At the point when Medvedev couldn't return his net methodology on match point, Nadal didn't implode; he recently giggled and gazed in dismay at those in his player box.
• With Djokovic's status unsure for the approaching Slams and individual 20-time champ Roger Federer actually engaging back from his latest physical issue, it's conceivable that Nadal won't stop at 21 titles. In any case, he'll perpetually be the first to have arrived at that vaunted number. We should glance back at every one of the 21 successes, positioning them by both match quality and by and large importance.

Nadal vs Medvedev

After a 2016 wrist injury, Nadal charged back, arriving at three Slam finals in 2017 and winning two. To start with, he moved through his most prevailing fortnight at Roland Garros, dropping just 35 complete games in seven matches (!!) and offering Wawrinka, the 2015 French Open hero, nary a solitary ounce of trust.

After a fourth-round exit at Wimbledon, he observed himself to be the favorite in the US Open. After losing the primary set to Juan Martin del Potro in the semis, he again hit fifth stuff, dropping only 15 games in his next six sets and guaranteeing his third US Open title.

In an imaginary world, wherein Nadal had picked golf over tennis, Thiem may have no less than a few French Open titles. The Austrian arrived in 2018 last by enduring early tests from Stefanos Tsitsipas and Kei Nishikori and exploiting Djokovic's bombshell misfortune to Marco Cecchinato in the quarterfinal. 

In 2019, Thiem outlived Djokovic in an awesome five-set elimination round. Also on the two occasions, Thiem had next to zero expectation against Nadal in the last. Nadal controlled the vast majority of their 2018 fight, and keeping in mind that Thiem demolished him for the initial two sets in 2019, Thiem imploded before long.

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