09:12
Sinner catching up in a direct comparison
It is also very interesting to look at the previous meetings between the two athletes, who are facing each other for the tenth time in total today. After nine duels, Daniil Medvedev leads with six wins. What is curious, however, is that the Russian won the first six encounters with the Italian and then lost all of the last three games so far. Most recently, Jannik Sinner secured a singles title twice in a final against Daniil Medvedev in Beijing and Vienna in autumn 2023, before beating the Muscovite in the semifinals of the 2023 ATP Finals.
08:58
Medvedev with a lot of playing time Down Under
Daniil Medvedev was on the court for a correspondingly long time in the two weeks of the Australian Open 2024. The Muscovite lost a total of eight sets on the way to the final – seven more than his challenger Jannik Sinner, who had significantly more time to regenerate, but did not have to get through phases in which things weren’t going well.
08:54
Medvedev recently had to do hard work twice
Daniil Medvedev had to do hard work in both the quarterfinals and semifinals in order to secure his ticket to the final of the hard court Grand Slam in Melbourne for the third time. In the quarterfinals he narrowly defeated Hubert Hurkacz 3-2, who was able to equalize in the second and fourth sets. And in the semifinals, the Russian was already 0:2 behind in sets and 5:6 in the third set against Alexander Zverev before the 27-year-old forced the tiebreak twice in a row, prevailed in both cases and then in the deciding set took advantage of an early break for a 3-2 comeback win.
08:48
Medvedev in the Australian Open final for the third time
The 27-year-old Russian Daniil Medvedev has already won many a big victory in the Rod Laver Arena. The Muscovite has already reached the final of the Australian Open twice in 2021 and 2022, but was unable to secure the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup in both cases. In fact, the world number three has only won one of the five Grand Slam tournament finals he has reached so far (US Open 2021).
08:42
Just a delivered sentence
Jannik Sinner had a real run at the Australian Open and dropped just a single set on the way to the first Grand Slam final of his young career. In the semifinals, the 22-year-old even ended the incredible streak of Novak Djokovic, who had won 33 singles games in a row at the Australian Open before the game. Even against Djoker, the South Tyrolean didn’t let anything go wrong with his own serve and didn’t allow a single break ball against him.
08:36
Sinner is already in the history books
The 22-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner has already immortalized himself in the history books several times by reaching the grand final. On the one hand, he is the first Italian citizen ever (male or female) to reach the singles final of the Australian Open. And on the other hand, the man from Sexten, who beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 3-1 in the semifinals, is the youngest Australian Open finalist since the Serbian superstar, who was only 20 years old at his first final in Melbourne in 2008.
08:30
Welcome from Melbourne
Good morning and welcome from Down Under. The grand final of the men’s singles between the Australian Open 2024 between Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev will take place here today at 9:30 a.m.