'Gives people goosebumps' - John McEnroe wowed by Rafael Nadal's Australian Open win over Daniil Medvedev

John McEnroe was in awe of Rafael Nadal’s stunning comeback to beat Daniil Medvedev in five sets to win the Australian Open. Nadal became the first man since Rod Laver in 1960 to come back from two sets down to win the Australian Open. Ad/> In doing so, he also broke free of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, and is now out on his own with 21 Grand Slam titles.

Australian OpenMedvedev 'choked' in third set – McEnroeAN HOUR AGO When Medvedev won a tense second-set tiebreak, there appeared only one winner but Nadal found reserves of stamina to get back into the match and McEnroe felt it was one of the great comebacks in the history of the sport — on a par with his defeat to Ivan Lendl at the French Open in 1984. “Well I'm trying to think of greater comebacks,” McEnroe told Eurosport. «I remember when I was a ball boy, I believe way back in 1975, Manuel Orantes (in the semi-finals of the US Open).

It certainly was one of the greatest comebacks, given the set of circumstances, that I've ever seen. “Unfortunately, I was part of one where I was up two sets to love and lost that. It's more monumental than [Stefanos] Tsitsipas being up two sets to love (in last year’s French Open), even though that was a huge moment for Novak to be able to come back and win the French Open for the second time.