Melbourne: Jannik Sinner came back from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the Australian Open final on Sunday. Won her first Grand Slam title. , The 22-year-old was playing in a major tour final for the first time, breaking Novak Djokovic’s long-standing dominance of the tournament in the semi-finals. He is the first Italian player to win the Australian Open title.
This is US Open 2021 champion Medvedev’s fifth defeat in six Grand Slam finals. The third-seeded Russian set a new record for the most times on court in the open rounds of a Grand Slam with his fourth five-set match of the tournament. In this case, he left behind Carlos Alcaraz’s record in the 2022 US Open. Alcaraz then spent 23 hours and 40 minutes in court. Despite reaching the Australian Open finals three times, Medvedev could not win the title. He lost to Djokovic in 2021 and to Rafael Nadal in 2022.
Even against Nadal, he could not maintain his lead in the first two sets. This time Medvedev won three matches of five sets each and made it to the title match. In two of these matches, he made a strong comeback after falling behind in the first two sets. Meanwhile, Sinner lost just one set in six matches before the final, which came in a third-set tiebreaker against Djokovic. After the match players such as Carlos Alcaraz, Rod Laver and Iga Swiatek congratulated Janak Synar on his victory. Italy’s Adriano Panatta was the last Grand Slam champion before Jannik Sinner. He won the men’s singles title at the 1976 French Open, defeating Harold Solomon.