Jannik Sinner won the final of the Australian Open against Daniil Medvedev – after an energetic performance and a set deficit of 0-2.
The 22-year-old South Tyrolean beat the Russian in the final in Melbourne 3:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:3 and became the first Italian in 48 years to secure a Grand Slam title . For Sinner, after the Davis Cup triumph with Italy in November, it is the next highlight of his young career. 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 eliminated series champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, remains number four in the tennis world rankings despite his success.
It was the first men’s final on the Yarra River since 2005 that took place without the participation of Djokovic, Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal. The German number one Alexander Zverev failed in the semi-finals of the first major tournament of the year 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. As a result, Sinner also seemed nervous in his first major final and made an unusually large 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, who celebrated her seventh major title and had already triumphed in mixed doubles in Melbourne this year, is the second oldest Grand Slam winner in doubles. Only the American Lisa Raymond was eight days older when she triumphed in New York in 2011. 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).
2024-01-28 14:03:00
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