World No. 1 Jannik Sinner Friday turned 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 turned 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 comply with that loss along 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 troublesome check awaits him. Zverev holds a 4-2 head-to-head record towards Sinner, though the latter gained their final encounter on the 2024 Cincinnati 1000 Masters.
“We had some very powerful matches previously,” Sinner mentioned of Zverev, via AusOpen.com. “Every thing can occur. He is an unbelievable participant, on the lookout for his first main. There’s going to be once more loads of pressure however I’m completely happy to [put] myself on this place.”
With a 100% win file 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 develop into the primary since Rafael Nadal (2005-06) to efficiently defend a maiden main title.
Sinner hasn’t misplaced a match since shedding to Carlos Alcaraz within the ultimate of the Beijing Open final October.
