Australian Open: Sinner overthrows Medvedev in five sets to win first Grand Slam title

After debunking Novak Djokovic on his favorite court in the semi-final, world No.4 Jannik Sinner attacked Daniil Medvedev (N.3) this Sunday in the final of the Australian Open. Daniil Medvedev won the first two sets (6-3, 6-3) but the Italian was able to react at the end of the second set and won the next three sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-3). Aged 22, Jannik Sinner won his first Grand Slam title, the third Italian player to win a Grand Slam, the first in almost half a century.

Medvedev relives his 2022 nightmare

Medvedev is reliving his nightmare of 2022, when he had already been beaten in the final in Melbourne after leading two sets to zero, then against Rafael Nadal. The 27-year-old Russian undoubtedly ended up paying for his crazy Australian fortnight, during which he had already won three matches in five sets, including two after being down two sets to zero (in the semi-final and the second round). . He, who was playing his sixth major final, remains for the moment with a Grand Slam title, won at the US Open in 2021 (against Djokovic).

Sinner crowns the tournament with a first major coronation where he managed to do what no one had managed until then: stop Djokovic once he had reached the last four in Melbourne. However, on the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday evening, for almost two sets, until 5-1 in the second set, the match was one-sided, in favor of Medvedev. Sinner, perhaps because it was his first major final, was then only a shadow of the hard-hitting player who had defeated Djokovic on his favorite court two days earlier.

Medvedev, on the other hand, executed his plan to perfection: taking the young Italian by the throat, forcing his nature and even going to the net, all while relying on a super efficient serve. On the Sinner side, the spark finally lit at the end of the second round, when he reduced the gap from 5-1 to 5-3.

The Tyrolean with the red hair gradually freed himself, and with him his heavy strike, both forehand and backhand, to gain the physical upper hand over Medvedev, out of breath. Medvedev had played almost six hours more than his young opponent before the final.

Sinner becomes the fifth Italian to register his name on the list of winners of a Grand Slam tournament

By winning, Sinner became the fifth Italian, women and men alike, to register his name on the list of winners of a Grand Slam tournament, after Nicola Pietrangeli (Roland-Garros 1959 and 1960), Adriano Panatta (Roland-Garros 1976 ), Francesca Schiavone (Roland-Garros 2010) and Flavia Pennetta (US Open 2015).