Led two sets to zero by Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner finally won in five sets, in his first grand slam final.

Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open this Sunday, January 28, after being led two sets to zero by his opponent, Daniil Medvedev. The game seemed to be over for the Russian, but his opponent turned things around to win in five sets (3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3). He thus opens his account in a grand slam, for his first final.

However, the game started off badly for the Italian. Daniil Medvedev won the first two sets in one hour and twenty-five minutes of play. Alexander Zverev’s scorer in the semi-final seemed to have the game in hand and was thus heading towards his second trophy of the grand slam, after the US Open in 2021. More effective in the first balls, more aggressive, the Russian had dominated the first set (3-6) and calmly won the second (3-6), in a fight which seemed to him then acquired.

But that was without counting on the resilience of Jannik Sinner, heroic defeater of Novak Djokovic in the previous round, and who had won in the last three confrontations against his opponent of the day. In addition, the Russian had spent more than twenty hours on the courts, with three matches played in five sets. A physical impact which ended up making him collapse.

Aryna Sabalenka won the Australian Open this Saturday for the second time in a row, against Zheng Qinwen, 6-3, 6-2 in 1h16min on Saturday.

Aryna Sabalenka, world No.2 and holder of the trophy, was crowned at the Australian Open for the second time in a row by overwhelming Chinese Zheng Qinwen, world No.15, 6-3, 6-2 in 1h16min on Saturday.

The 25-year-old Belarusian won her second Grand Slam title without losing a single set throughout the Australian fortnight. Zheng misses the opportunity to become the second Chinese Grand Slam winner after Li Na, but will enter the top 10 on Monday to reach the seventh place.

Sabalenka becomes the first player in more than ten years to retain the trophy in Melbourne, after her compatriot Victoria Azarenka, in 2012 and 2013.

The Russian came back from two sets behind, before defeating the German in the semi-finals of the tournament. He will compete for the title on Sunday against the 22-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner, who ended the world number 1’s incredible unbeaten streak in Melbourne.

In a fight lasting more than four hours, the Russian Daniil Medvedev came from two sets behind to win against the German Alexander Zverev, in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Friday January 26: 5-7 , 3-6, 7-6 [7/4], 7-6 [7/5], 6-3. He qualifies for the sixth Grand Slam final of his career and will challenge the Italian Jannik Sinner on Sunday, who defeated Novak Djokovic earlier in the day.

Medvedev and Zverev faced each other for the nineteenth time, the first in a Grand Slam. The two players are renowned for not being the best of friends, as shown in the documentary series Break Point – the German having accused the Russian of breaking the rhythm of the match, after his defeat against the latter in Monte-Carlo , in 2023. Friday, on the court of Rod Laver Arena, the tension was palpable.