Jannik Sinner rallied from two units right down to take the Australian Open ultimate from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.
The 22-year-old Sinner was enjoying in a significant ultimate for the primary time and obtained there by ending Novak Djokovic’s lengthy domination of the event in a semifinal upset.
He is the primary Italian to win the Australian Open title.
For 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev, the loss was his fifth in six main finals. The third-seeded Medvedev set a file along with his fourth five-set match of the event and time on courtroom at a significant within the Open period, surpassing Carlos Alcaraz’s 23:40 on the 2022 U.S. Open.
Medvedev misplaced back-to-back finals right here to Djokovic in 2021 and to Rafael Nadal – after holding a two-set lead – the next yr. He received three five-set matches to achieve the championship match this time and had two comebacks from two units down. Sinner solely dropped one set via six rounds – in a third-set tiebreaker towards Djokovic – till his five-set comeback win on Sunday.
