MOSCOW, Jan 31 The Kremlin congratulated Rafael Nadal on winning the Australian Open , Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of Russia, told reporters.
"Yesterday, our Medvedev (Daniil) and Nadal gave us five hours of extravaganza of tennis, extravaganza of sports. Medvedev is our fellow, but the beauty of sport is that there can be only one winner and only the strongest, so congratulations to Nadal", Peskov said.
On Sunday at the Australian Open, the Spaniard Nadal beat Russian tennis player Medvedev, recouping with 0-2 in sets — 2:6, 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:4, 7:5. For Nadal, this victory was the 21st at the Grand Slam tournaments — he beat Serb Novak Djokovic and Swiss Roger Federer in this indicator, who missed the tournament in Melbourne.