Sinner beats Zverev and wins the Australian Open

Maybe you can Alexander Zverev something from his friend Dominic Thiem copy: The Lower Austrian was also in three Grand Slam finals failed before he joined the US Open 2020 but managed to hit the big time.

The German now has to wait at least until his fourth chance: after losing the final against Thiem in New York and that against Carlos Alcaraz last year in Paris (both in five sets), Zverev now also had to Australian Open Final Jannik Sinner bend. The defending champion won 6:3, 7:6 and 6:3 in 2:42 hours and celebrated his victory 31st match win in a row.

Sinner was the better player right from the start and he benefited in the second set World number one also from Zverev’s mistakes. Sinner was particularly outstanding in his service games. In the end, the 27-year-old had to admit that Sinner is currently the Best in the world is. In the final he didn’t have to fend off a breakball.

In the end comforted Sinner his final opponent. “Sascha, it’s a hard day for you and your team. You’re a great player, keep believing in yourself. We all know how strong you are as a player and as a person. You’ll have one of these trophies very soon.”

The 23-year-old Italian cashed in for the title 2.11 million euros, Zverev, who remains number two, half that. For Sinner it was that third victory in the third Grand Slam finalonly seven players have achieved this before.

Lost Generation

And Zverev also has to live with the fact that the 1990s generation is now considered a lost generation in tennis. Of these years, only Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev (US Open 2021) Grand Slam tournaments. There are already seven for the 2000 generation (four for Alcaraz, three for Sinner), the 1980s brought in 80 – of them alone Novak Djokovic (24), Rafael Nadal (22) and Roger Federer (20) 66.