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Jannik Sinner Bounces Back To Beat Daniil Medvedev In Australian Open Final

By - 29 Jan 2024 12:14 AM

In a demanding five-set Australian Open final on Sunday, Jannik Sinner overcame Daniil Medvedev after trailing two sets to one, capturing his maiden Grand Slam victory. After being badly outplayed in the opening two sets, the fourth-seeded Italian player rallied to win 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and 6-3 in three hours and forty-four minutes. The result is a bitter blow for the Russian third seed, who has now lost a second Australian Open final after being two sets up, following his defeat by Rafael Nadal in 2022.

Although Medvedev had lost his previous three matches, he entered the match with a 6-3 winning record against the 22-year-old.

Before the final, the Russian had played three exhausting five-setters at Melbourne Park and had been on the court for almost six hours longer than Sinner.

However, he appeared new and quickly settled into his stride, which unsettled Sinner, who was normally composed but couldn't find any kind of rhythm.

Just twice during the tournament leading up to Sunday's championship match did the Italian, who was competing in his first Grand Slam final, lose a set. However, in the opening set, Medvedev doubled that total.At the beginning of the second set, world number four Sinner was once again in serious trouble. He was defending against several break points from a hungry Medvedev and begging for support from the Rod Laver Arena crowd.

He withstood that assault, but in the fourth game, a poor drop shot by the Russian set up the winner, breaking him for the third time in the match.

Medvedev hurriedly completed his service game to love, leaving Sinner with little time to compose himself.In the sixth game, he hit a hard forehand to set up two more break points, and Sinner missed a forehand to fall behind 5-1.

The Italian immediately responded, and in the ninth game, he had another break point to put the set back on serve, but Medvedev put an end to the little comeback.

Up until the pivotal tenth game, the third set was closer and decided by serve.

After a 31-shot rally, Sinner missed a forehand passing shot that would have given him two set points, but he got the opportunity again and took it to close out the set.

Sinner now had the upper hand, and Medvedev, who needed to strap his foot, had to work hard ,After Medvedev hit a long shot in the tenth game to send the match into a fifth set, Sinner fired three aces to take a 4-3 lead.

As the tension increased, neither player faltered on serve until the sixth game, when Medvedev gave Sinner three break points with a backhand that he dumped into the net.

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The Italian earned the vital break with a successful forehand crosscourt play, and he went on to record his first championship point.