How Nadal surpassed the haul of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Alcaraz has not gone beyond the quarter-finals in his three previous visits to Melbourne, but that has not stopped the world number three from dreaming of glory in the Jan. 12-26 event.
The two cases shocked the tennis world with many fuming at how they were handled by the authorities.
Nadal appeared close to retiring mid-match on Wednesday on Centre Court but he found the will to beat Fritz
Factbox on Italy's Jannik Sinner, who beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 in the Australian Open final
Neeraj Chopra, who holds the rank of Subedar Major in the Indian Army, admits that his long hair often raises eyebrows when he dons the uniform.
With world number four Ruud already assured of a semi-final berth the match was in reality a dead rubber.
Nadal fought from two sets down to defeat Medvedev in a five-set thriller at Rod Laver Arena.
Alexander Zverev won the first set 7-6, but Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from the match due to injury from the Australian Open semi-final on Friday.
Rafael Nadal is the oldest title winner in the history of the clay-court tournament.
'What a heart, what a mindset, what guts, what everything, what a REFERENCE you are! I'm at your feet!'
Sunil Gavaskar feels a subtle adjustment to his batting stance in the second innings of the Perth Test helped Virat Kohli rediscover his batting form.
Nadal has won the Australian and the French Open back-to-back and has the chance to become the first man to win all four majors in the same year
Nadal to make injury return at Madrid Open
Sinner remains the man to beat at Melbourne Park even as doping officials seek a two-year ban for the world number one for failing two drugs tests last March.
Nadal was able to see the funny side and kept on laughing.
Images from Day 3 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.
Images from Day 6 at the French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Friday.
Zverev twisted his ankle as he tried to retrieve a shot in the 12th game of the second set
Small things were changed in the Indian Davis Cup set-up for the tie against Togo and it was evident that they made a difference.
World No 1 Djokovic on Sunday won his sixth Wimbledon title. With this win, Djokovic now has 20 Grand Slams to his name and he is now equal with Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer and Nadal.
Nadal struggled with the problem in the build-up to the year's first Grand Slam
Denis Shapovalov said his Australian Open quarter-final opponent Rafael Nadal "100%" receives preferential treatment from officials and benefited from favouritism during the Spaniard's five-set victory on Tuesday.
Jabeur advances to first WTA 100 final in Madrid in style.
A summary of Thursday's action at the US Open.
Novak Djokovic, who won Wimbledon to take his major singles titles to 21, has opted not to be vaccinated against COVID-19. He said on Thursday he could not fly to New York for the year's final Grand Slam.
There could be no place more appropriate for Djokovic to finally break free of his tie with Margaret Court on 24 Grand Slam singles titles than in her own backyard at Melbourne Park, where he has won the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup 10 times.
Nadal said he did not expect to go all the way at Melbourne Park
Rafael Nadal beat new world number one Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-3 in a rematch of their Australian Open clash to storm into the final of the ATP 500 event in Acapulco on Friday.
Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final to win his fourth Grand Slam title.
'He told me that (I had) a great run, and I told him again, 'bravo'.'
Images from the French Open quarter-final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
Nadal has traditionally started his French Open campaigns with at least one claycourt title under his belt but this year got to the French capital empty-handed.
Top seed Rafael Nadal beat American qualifier Maxime Cressy 7-6(6), 6-3 to win the Melbourne Summer Set 1 ATP 250 event and build up momentum heading into the Australian Open.
A defiant Rafael Nadal won an all-Spanish clash of the generations taming teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 to stretch his winning run to 20 matches on Saturday and clinch a place in the Indian Wells final. He will take on American Taylor Fritz in Sunday's championship in the California desert where a victory would see the 35-year-old equal Novak Djokovic's record of 37 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
'I think I played a great first set, one of the best of the claycourt season, in my opinion. No mistakes, high intensity, winners, playing long'.
Images from Day 1 of the 2023 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Nadal was the favourite and top seed having lifted the Barcelona Open trophy last month but played below par on a sweltering spring day.
Sinner, Alcaraz will keep tennis' flag flying: Shastri
