Factbox: Tennis-Australian Open men’s singles final

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A have a look at the important thing information and data of Spain’s Rafa Nadal and Russia’s Daniil Medvedev forward of their assembly within the Australian Open ultimate on Sunday (prefix quantity denotes seeding):

6-RAFA NADAL

Age: 35

ATP rating: 5

Grand Slam titles: 20

Profession ATP titles: 89

2021 Australian Open efficiency: Quarter-finals

Finest Australian Open efficiency: Winner (2009)

ROAD TO THE FINAL

First spherical: Marcos Giron (United States) 6-1 6-4 6-2

Second spherical: Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) 6-2 6-3 6-4

Third spherical: 28-Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1

Fourth spherical: Adrian Mannarino (France) 7-6(14) 6-2 6-2

Quarter-finals: 14-Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3

Semi-finals: 7-Matteo Berrettini (Italy) 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3

After lacking chunks of the 2021 season, together with the Olympics and the U.S. Open, on account of a long-standing foot drawback, the Spaniard is one win away from a males’s report twenty first Grand Slam title.

2-DANIIL MEDVEDEV

Age: 25

ATP rating: 2

Grand Slam titles: 1

Profession ATP titles: 13

2021 Australian Open efficiency: Closing

Finest Australian Open efficiency: Closing (2021)

ROAD TO THE FINAL

First spherical: Henri Laaksonen (Switzerland) 6-1 6-4 7-6(3)

Second spherical: Nick Kyrgios (Australia) 7-6(1) 6-4 4-6 6-2

Third spherical: Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands) 6-4 6-4 6-2

Fourth spherical: Maxime Cressy (United States) 6-2 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-5

Quarter-finals: 9-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) 6-7(4) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-5 6-4

Semi-finals: 4-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 6-1

Medvedev has reached the Australian Open decider for the second straight yr. Ought to he defeat Nadal, he’ll grow to be the primary man within the Open period to win his first two Grand Slam titles in succession, after his triumph on the U.S. Open in September.

HEAD TO HEAD: Nadal leads 3-1

(Compiled by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Enhancing by William Mallard)