After virtually 4 hours, Jannik Sinner climbed again from a two-set deficit to win his first ever Grand Slam title with an epic 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 comeback victory in opposition to Daniil Medvedev. Sinner turned the primary Italian man to win the Australian Open since 1976, and simply the eighth man to efficiently come again from two units down in a significant last.
Sinner collapsed on the ground after his victory and took a second to soak all of it in at Rod Laver Enviornment.
“We try to get higher on a regular basis, and even in the course of the event, attempting to get stronger and perceive the state of affairs a bit bit higher,” Sinner stated. “It isn’t straightforward as I’m nonetheless a bit bit younger, however I need to thank everybody.”
Sinner, 22, is now the youngest male participant to win the Australian Open since Novak Djokovic in 2008. As religion would have it, Sinner made it to this last by defeating Djokovic within the semifinal spherical. He didn’t drop a single set till his assembly with Djokovic, and that win in itself was an accomplishment as Djokovic was using a 33-match successful streak on the Australian Open and had by no means misplaced a semifinal in Melbourne.
Earlier than this event, Sinner’s deepest run had been making it to the Wimbledon semifinal in 2023.
This was the primary Australian Open last since 2005 with none of the “Massive 3” — Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Rodger Federer. Federer has formally retired, and Nadal needed to pull out of this tournament as a consequence of harm.
Sinner was enjoying from behind, however he pressured the decisive fifth set via a valiant comeback effort. Each gamers have been visibly drained from the aggressive battle. Medvedev needed to survive three five-set matches to succeed in this last, and he been on the court docket for greater than 20 complete hours coming into his match in opposition to Sinner. Medvedev, in actual fact, broke the report for essentially the most units ever performed at a significant event.
It appears all of that took a toll on Medvedev as he wanted his proper foot taped within the fourth set. Medvedev has solely gained one Grand Slam title, however this was his third time enjoying within the Australian Open last. Medvedev is now 1-5 in Grand Slam finals general. It was a painful defeat, however he congratulated Sinner for his accomplishment.
“Right this moment, you confirmed why you deserved it,” Medvedev advised Sinner. “You fought till the top, you managed to lift your degree.”
