The Russian lost his first major final to the Spaniard in New York in 2019 – the left-hander’s 20th and last Grand Slam title.
Medvedev won his first major at the US Open last September when he stopped Djokovic’s bid to win a calendar Grand Slam – and win a male record 21st major title.
Now Nadal has the chance to set the record – and world No 2 Medvedev has more than one reason to stop him, but he says doing it for Djokovic is not one of his main goals because he’s firmly focused on his own glories.
“It is everything at the same time,” said the tournament favourite. “It is revenge for the 2019 US Open for sure. But at the same time, it is a different place and it is a new final.
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“Every final is always new. If you think too much about the past, it is not good either. We know that he is going for the 21st.
“I don’t want to say that my goal is to stop him doing that. My goal is to win the match. Effectively, with that, I don’t want him to go first on Sunday.
“I am going to do everything I can, I am going to give everything, tennis-wise, physically, mentally, to be at my best because that is the only way that I can beat him in a final.”
Medvedev has had an eventful journey back to the Australian Open final where he lost last year to Djokovic.
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He accused sections of the Aussie crowd of having a “low IQ” after getting booed while beating Nick Kyrgios – and clashed with the umpire as he knocked out Stefanos Tsitsipas in a stormy semi-final.