World No. 1 Jannik Sinner Friday grew to become the youngest man to achieve back-to-back Australian Open finals since Jim Courier in 1992.
The 23-year-old Italian prolonged his hard-court main streak to 20 wins with a 7-6, 6-2, 6-2 rout of American Ben Shelton within the semifinal. He additionally grew to become the youngest to go 20-0 at laborious courtroom majors since John McEnroe in 1981.
Sinner hasn’t misplaced a match at a hard-court main since his fourth-round loss to Alexander Zverev on the 2023 U.S. Open. He would observe that loss together with his first two main titles, the 2024 Australian Open and U.S. Open.
By the way, Sinner will face Zverev within the Australian Open ultimate this Sunday, with the chance to increase his unreal run at grand slams. Waiting for the match, Sinner is aware of a tricky check awaits him. Zverev holds a 4-2 head-to-head record in opposition to Sinner, regardless that the latter gained their final encounter on the 2024 Cincinnati 1000 Masters.
“We had some very robust matches previously,” Sinner stated of Zverev, via AusOpen.com. “All the things can occur. He is an unbelievable participant, in search of his first main. There’s going to be once more a number of rigidity however I’m completely satisfied to [put] myself on this place.”
With a 100% win document in main finals, Sinner enters Sunday’s match because the overwhelming favourite regardless of his 4 earlier losses to Zverev. The Italian is making an attempt to change into the primary since Rafael Nadal (2005-06) to efficiently defend a maiden main title.
Sinner hasn’t misplaced a match since dropping to Carlos Alcaraz within the ultimate of the Beijing Open final October.
