Jannik Sinner has reached the final Australian Open won against Daniil Medvedev – after an energetic performance and a 0-2 set deficit.
The 22-year-old South Tyrolean sat down in the final Melbourne 3:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:3 against the Russian and became the first Italian in 48 years to secure one Grand Slam-Title. For Sinner it’s after the triumph Davis Cup The next highlight of his young career was with Italy in November. He converted his first match point after 3:44 hours.
Medvedev, meanwhile, lost the third Melbourne final in the past four years; the third in the world rankings had already failed to win the title in 2021 and 2022. Sinner, who was in the semi-finals of the serieschampion Despite his success, Novak Djokovic remains number four in the world tennis rankings.
It was the first men’s final on Yarra River since 2005, which took place without the participation of Djokovic, Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. German number one Alexander Zverev was at the first majortournament of the year failed in the semifinals in a five-set thriller against Medvedev.
Medvedev was initially clearly stronger
Sinner had won all three of his most recent games against Medvedev, but at the start of the game the 15,000 spectators in the packed arena saw the Russian going forward. Medvedev started off cool and broke Sinner early, securing the first set after 36 minutes. Sinner also appeared in his first episode major-Endgame nervous, made an unusual number of simple mistakes. Medvedev (27) took advantage of this coldly, played almost flawlessly and was not disturbed by the loud audience support for Sinner.
Sinner turns the game
Sinner woke up in the third set. He also took the fourth set and was then unstoppable: after almost four hours of play, he used his first match point to win.
Hsieh and Mertens win doubles
Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens won the doubles title at the Australian Open. The 38-year-old from Taiwan and her partner from Belgium, who is ten years her junior, prevailed in the final 6:1, 7:5 against Jelena Ostapenko/Ljudmyla Kitschenok (Latvia/Ukraine).
Hsieh, her seventh majortitle and had already triumphed in the mixed doubles in Melbourne this year, making him the second oldest Grand Slam-Winner in doubles. Only the American Lisa Raymond was there for her triumph in 2011 new York still eight days older. Mertens was happy about her fourth Grand Slam trophy in doubles. Laura Siegemund also wanted to play for the title, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals with her new partner Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic).