World No. 1 Jannik Sinner Friday grew to become the youngest man to succeed in back-to-back Australian Open finals since Jim Courier in 1992.
The 23-year-old Italian prolonged his hard-court main streak to twenty wins with a 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 rout of American Ben Shelton within the semifinal. He additionally grew to become the youngest to go 20-0 at onerous courtroom majors since John McEnroe in 1981.
Sinner hasn’t misplaced a match at a hard-court main since his fourth-round loss to Alexander Zverev on the 2023 U.S. Open. He would observe that loss together with his first two main titles, the 2024 Australian Open and U.S. Open.
By the way, Sinner will face Zverev within the Australian Open ultimate this Sunday, with the chance to increase his unreal run at grand slams. Waiting for the match, Sinner is aware of a tricky take a look at awaits him. Zverev holds a 4-2 head-to-head file in opposition to Sinner, despite the fact that the latter gained their final encounter on the 2024 Cincinnati 1000 Masters.
“We had some very powerful matches up to now,” Sinner mentioned of Zverev, by way of AusOpen.com. “All the pieces can occur. He is an unbelievable participant, on the lookout for his first main. There’s going to be once more plenty of rigidity however I’m glad to [put] myself on this place.”
With a 100% win file in main finals, Sinner enters Sunday’s match because the overwhelming favourite regardless of his 4 earlier losses to Zverev. The Italian is making an attempt to turn into the primary since Rafael Nadal (2005-06) to efficiently defend a maiden main title.
Sinner hasn’t misplaced a match since shedding to Carlos Alcaraz within the ultimate of the Beijing Open final October.
