Rafael Nadal has broken the men's record for most Grand Slam singles titles but he had to do it the hard way.
The 35-year-old Spaniard came back from two sets down to beat Russia's Daniil Medvedev in an Australian Open final in Melbourne that lasted five hours and 24 minutes. He was broken when serving for the championship at 5-4 in the fifth set but made no mistake the next time.
It was the second longest Australian Open final after Novak Djokovic beat Nadal in five sets in five hours and 53 minutes in 2012.
Nadal now has one more than Roger Federer and Djokovic, his long-time rivals in the so-called Big Three.
With the 2-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 win, Nadal also becomes just the fourth man in history to win all four of the sport's major titles at least twice.
More to come.
