J. SINNER – D. MEDVEDEV (1-2)
Medvedev breaks! The Russian ramps up the intensity for the rest, putting pressure on an ill-advised sinner. There were plenty of mistakes from the back of the court for the Italian, who seemed more nervous in what was his first Grand Slam final
J. SINNER – D. MEDVEDEV (1-1)
Medvedev is struggling to match. After going 40-15 up, he saw how Sinner reached the tie, where he served to avoid further problems
J. SINNER – D. MEDVEDEV (1-0)
Sinner took the first game of the match after overcoming a 0-15
J. SINNER – D. MEDVEDEV
The game is about to begin! At the service of Jannik Sinner
Players will be taken to court! Gala atmosphere at Rod Laver Arena on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Melbourne
Should Medvedev lift the title, The Russian will overtake Alcaraz in the second position in the worldbut if Sinner takes the crown, the top-5 will remain the same
He came into his match with Djokovic without losing a set and passed him without any break points. The question is whether his lightning tennis, aggressive on both sides, will be able to besiege the smart plan of Medvedev, one of the tennis players with the best ability to defend and counterattack.
Sinner, who became the first Italian men and women to reach the final on the banks of the Yarra River, He has beaten Djokovic in three of the last four meetingsMedvedev in the last three matches and Alcaraz in the last two
The Italian, trained by Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, managed to solve one of the big problems he faced in recent years: stand on big stages against the best players
“Losing to him means a lot but the tournament is not over yet“said a Sinner who will be playing a ‘slam’ final for the first time in his young career.
In its part, Sinner, that took less than 15 hours to eliminate his six rivals since the start of the competition, he comes into the clash after struggling to beat ten-time champion Novak Djokovic (1)
The Russian will arrive with a fairer physique than his rivalafter investing more than 20 hours on court in his first six matches, in addition to twice having to come back from 2-0 down in sets
On his way to the final, the Russian had to defeat the Frenchman Terence Atmane, the Finnish Emil Ruusuovori, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (27), the Portuguese Nuno Borges, the Canadian Hubert Hurkacz (9) and the German Alexander Zverev ( 6)
The third seed fell in the 2021 and 2022 finals, against Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, respectively. He also stumbled in his first Grand Slam final, at the US Open in 2019, also against Manacor, but was able to make up for the title he won at Flushing Meadows in 2021, after defeating Djokovic in the final.
Medvedev is looking for what would be his second Grand Slam crownin what will be his third final on the banks of the Yarra “I hope the third time is the charm”, he commented laughing on the court after his comeback against the German Alexander Zverev (6)
The face to face favors the Russian 6-3although the 22-year-old transalpine youngster has scored the last three crashes
The Australian Open final delivers the freshness and change that the ATP circuit has been crying out for for the past five years, a much-needed renewal that has been stifled by the immortals Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal. This trend is confirmed by the fact that this will be the first final since 2005 without Roger Federer, Nadal or Djokovic
They are the only tennis players who do not know defeat in 2024after they decided with their teams not to compete in any competition before the oceanic ‘major’, to better prepare physically and mentally for this new season
The Muscovite leads this classification with a total of 72 wins and 18 losses, followed by the Italian, with 70 wins and 15 setbacks. They also top the table with the most wins on hard court since the start of 2023: Medvedev has a record of 55-12 and Sinner with 51-9
Good morning! We begin the life of the great Australian Open men’s final who will face, after 9:30 in the morning, Jannik Sinner and Daniel Medvedevthe two tennis players who recorded the most victories between last season and so far this season
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