Jannik Sinner increasingly in history. The Italian tennis player, leader towards the Italian victory in the Cavis Cup, won on the hard court of the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne against Daniil Medvedev and won the final of the Australian Open. The first slam of his career.
The first set ends 6-3 in favor of the Russian. More fighting in every game in the second, but the result does not change: 6-3 for Medvedev.
The South Tyrolean finds the most decisive reaction, and greater precision, in the third set: by breaking the last game, thanks to four forehand errors from his opponent, he wins 6-4 and remains in the match.
At 3-3 in the fourth set Sinner maintains serve with aces (four) and moves up to 4-3. In the next game Medvedev holds the point and the score is 4 all. At the stroke of three hours Sinner finishes an excellent forehand that takes him to 5-4. Then break in the tenth game and fifth set to play.
The last fraction is very tight: no one gives up serve at the start and after almost three and a half hours of duel Sinner leads 3-2. In the sixth game the South Tyrolean has three break points and closes it once again with an excellent cross-court forehand. And it goes to 4-2. To then take the lead to 5-2 and consolidate the lead.
The Russian doesn't give up and holds serve to stay in the match: 5-3 Sinner.
Then the match point with the serve to beat, the exchange and the triumph: the last set ends 6-3. Jannik Sinner wins the 2024 Australian Open.
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