After Canada’s victory in the Davis Cup in the final against Australia, the main international tennis tournaments have come to their conclusion for 2022. As always, whenever a competitive season ends, it is always time to take stock of records, trophies and curiosity.
ATP has compiled a ranking for the five most exciting matches of the season for the four Slams. This special ranking opens, in fifth position, with the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros between Marin Cilic and Andrey Rublev which saw the Croatian triumph in an epic match that ended 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6 and 7-6.
In fourth position, however, again at the French Open, the semifinal was chosen between Rafael Nadal, then champion in Paris, and Alexander Zverev who in that match, played practically on a par with the twenty-two times Grand Slam winner, recovered from a very bad injury during the tie break of the second set.
This injury caused the Teutonic to be absent for the rest of the season and he will only return from January 2023. Although brief, it was a match of great intensity and entertainment.
The 5 best Grand Slam matches of the season
At the lowest step of the podium ATP chose the third round of the Australian Open between Matteo Berrettini and Carlos Alcaraz which saw the Italian triumph in cineue sets with the score 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 2-6 and 7 -6 in the fifth with great tennis on both sides between the Italian and the future number one in the world ranking.
In second place could not miss the crazy final between Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev with the champion from Manacor who managed to beat the Russian comeback with a score of 2-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7- 5 also managing to save three break points on his serve during the third set.
This special classification wins the match between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the US Open. In the end it was the Spaniard who won the Grand Slam with a score of 6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 saving match points in the fourth set.
The new season will start, after te December exhibitions, with the beginning of 2023, with the much awaited Australian swing; Novak Djokovic will come back to play in Melbourne after the ban fìdue to anti covid rules of this year.
