Nadal at the beginning of 2022.. three titles and 15 victories in a row

Veteran Spaniard Rafael Nadal confirmed that he had put behind him the injury that kept him away from the last five months of last season and raised questions about his future in tennis, by winning the third title in a row at the beginning of the new season after beating Britain's Cameron Nouri 6-4, 6-4 yesterday In the final of the Acapulco tournament.

And as he did in 2020, Nadal won the Acapulco tournament without losing a set, even when he collided in the semi-finals with Russian Daniil Medvedev, who will become the two world number one, raising his tally on Mexican soil to four titles out of five final matches in six participations.

"This place has always been special to me," the 35-year-old said after winning the final in one hour and 54 minutes, adding, "The energy that the Mexican fans give me is unique."

Nadal, ranked fifth in the world and fourth in this session, is making the best start to the season in his career, after raising his consecutive victories to 15.

The Spaniard has never won 15 consecutive games at the beginning of the season, but reached 11 in 2014 before the series ended at the hands of Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in The Australian Open final, which Nadal won last month by defeating Medvedev in the final, set the record for the number of major titles (21) after he shared with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Nadal entered the Australian Championship after winning the Melbourne Championship (3 wins without counting the quarter-final match due to the withdrawal of his opponent before the match due to injury), then continued his victories in the first Grand Slam (7) before adding five more in Acapulco, the last of which was Saturday in the final When he ended Nouri's streak of victories at eight in a row, an extension of the Delray Beach tournament in which he won his third title.

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