World No. 5 Rafael Nadal will be looking for another victory at the 2022 Australian Open when he takes on Adrian Mannarino. The Franchman eliminated surprise 2021 semi-finalist Aslan Karatsev 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4 after four hours and 38 minutes in the match, which ended at 2:33 a.m.
Date: January 23, 2022
Match time: Rafa is third match on Rod Laver. NOT BEFORE 2 PM AEDT local time / 10 PM EST – New York, Montreal / 3 AM GMT – United Kingdom / 4 AM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa has fallen before the quarterfinals at Melbourne Park just once since 2007 and holds a 2-0 record against the Frenchman.
Mannarino is playing great. I think the match against Hubert [was] a surprise. He was playing at I think a very high level. To win against a player like Hubert in straight sets with that result is because you did a lot of things well. I saw a little bit of that match, he was playing well.
Rafa Nadal
The 2009 champion is bidding to reach the quarterfinals here for the 14th time and equal John Newcombe in 2nd place on the all-time list for mostAustralian Open men’s singles quarterfinal appearances. He has won his last 20 matches against fellow lefthanders, with his last defeat to a lefthanded player coming against Denis Shapovalov at 2017 Montreal-1000. Mannarino has already equalled his best Grand Slam performance by reaching the last 16 here.
Rafa is also bidding to reach his 45th Grand Slam quarterfinal. He is in 3rd place on the list for most Grand Slam quarterfinal appearances, behind Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. This is his 63rd Grand Slam appearance.
Our champ is also bidding to win his 21st Grand Slam title and claim sole ownership of the record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles, ahead of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. He is one of 6 players to win 20 or more Grand Slam titles – alongside Margaret Court (24 Grand Slam singles titles), Serena Williams (23), Steffi Graf (22), Djokovic (20) and Federer (20). He was one of 5 Grand Slam champions to start the men’s draw in Melbourne.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Will done Rafa! Solid performance from our champ.
Hopefully Zverev and Shapo match goes to 25 sets:)
Congratulations Rafa For moving into 45th Quarterfinals in 63rd appearance
13 aces from Rafa. Wow!
Champ is in cruise mode now it seems.
Second set is secured!
Meanwhile it seems Zverev’s team might be looking into flights out of Australia:)
Won first set which is by far the best set of open…won on 7th set point. 30 mins tiebreaker
OMG Rafa finally won that stressful tiebreak!🙏 Denis also won the first set 6/3.
Indeed Mimi looking great for Quarters Mimi💪
You are right.👍 Looking good…Denis is two sets and a break up in the third set right now. No guarantee, but it’s better Rafa plays Denis next over Alex.😉
Congratulations to Rafa.👏 Hope A. Mannarino doesn’t have anything serious.🙏
Okay Rafa you got this!
First set tie break, down a mini break.
Stay strong and come through champ!
Rafa had 2 set points but Missed
4 set points lost 3 saved phewwww
Wow that was a close first set! Good that Rafa got it!
Let’s go Rafa, good luck for next match!!. One more step, slowly slowly. Another round before to face the most dangerous players (first 10 seeds), but of course always with the respect you have for everyone.
Vamos Rafa!! 💪🏻💪🏻✨💥🌊🌈🔥💚
Keep clearing ‘your Path’ 😉. The Glory is waiting for you…
Keep the faith and shoot for the best!! Your course is set, the map is correct, the goal in sight!Sail on……vamos!
How many points is Rafa defending in this Australian open 2022?
As he reached Quarter Finals last year, its 360. If he defeat Mannarino, he will protect those points. Hopefully, our Rafa will keep going till the end.
Bring the fire and the fight-good luck👏💪👍🤛🍀🎾❤️
Rafa good luck you can do it vamosssssss Champ you are playing so good all the best 👍💪🎾🔥👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍
Hi Rafa 😍 my mom and I have been watching you play solid 😝you are the most amazing athlete and I think you have the Edwards genes.moms 90 and played high school basketball and my dad also and my brother was wanted by Wofford college and dad NC state 😟 sorry to say my dad took other paths. My brother has is own company here in Spartanburg S.C. Brother is going to kill me😮 his legs and total is so much like the Fantastic Rafa Nadal !!! Had to tell my story and we will always watch you bring the fire !!! Gosh my mom love to hear a word from you. She has your poster on your door !!! We Love you 😍 ❤️😍❤️
Good luck and Vamos Rafa❤️
Very happy with Rafa’s results but I think people are getting ahead of themselves. Like Rafa I just take a ball, a game, a set and a match at a time. Not being negative. Of course I’m hoping for the very best but the road is not that easy. There are young top class players in the way.
I pray and hope that that everything goes his way. That he plays fantastic and also has a good share of luck and remains physically intact.
All the best Champ!!!
VAMOS
🍀🍀🍀🙏🙏🙏😘😘😘
Te deseo lo mejor para que puedas ir a andando es VAMOSSS!!!RAFA
Always with Rafa and wishing him another win.
Adding Marc Lopez to his team may be just what he needed at this time in his career. I read the excellent article by the ATP Tour and it sheds a lot of light on their relationship. According to the article it was Carlos Moyá who was instrumental in getting Marc on board.
RAFA ROCKS
I also read the same article last night. Congratulations to Marc and his wife, parents of a baby girl.👧
Good luck to Rafa🍀 Vamos💪❤️