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RAFAEL NADAL '21'

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In tennis, winning a grand slam is considered to be a great achievement as it takes a lot of hard work, strength, mental stability and will to maintain yourself physically and mentally healthy in high pressure situations for almost a month. For some, doing it once may be difficult but doing so for over 20 years and winning a record breaking 21 Grand Slams is a phenomenal achievement. Rafael Nadal after winning the Australian Open 2022 has now become the most successful ever men's player in the open era by winning his 21st grand slam title. This victory is even more special as before coming into the tournament Nadal was suffering from a foot injury which made him sit out of the court for most of the last year and made him consider retiring altogether. But still somehow he managed to come out of this and take part in this grand event. Being a t wrong side of 3 0(Nadal is 35 yrs old) and just coming out from a major foot injury Nadal fought for over 5 hours and 24 mi nutes and cam e