Rafael Nadal wins record-setting Australian Open title in dramatic fashion

Rafael Nadal got to 21 first, breaking the men’s record for most Grand Slam singles titles and doing it the hard way by coming back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in an almost 5 1/2-hour Australian Open final that didn’t finish until the early hours of Monday morning.

He was broken when serving for the championship at 5-4 in the fifth set but made no mistake the next time.

At five hours 24 minutes, it was the second longest Australian Open final after Novak Djokovic beat Nadal in five sets in 5:53 in 2012.

The 35-year-old Spaniard now

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