Jannik Sinner, the young Italian tennis star, continues to amaze fans and bring home success. In fact, after a very intense match at the Australian Open in Melbourne that lasted four hours, he beat his opponent Daniil Medvedev of Russia, with a score of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. A result that makes him go down in history: 48 years after Adriano Panatta’s victory at Roland Garros, an Italian returns to lift a Grand Slam trophy, and the first to win the Australian Open. This after having contributed fundamentally to Italy winning the last Davis Cup. A triumph, the Australian one, also announced by the equally incredible victory a few days ago over Novak Djokovic, who had never lost a semi-final in his career.
Third-seeded Medvedev – who faced five-set matches in both the quarterfinals (opposite Hubert Hurkacz) and semifinals (opposite Alexander Zverev) on his way to the finals – was fierce in the first two sets. Yet 22-year-old Jannik Sinner – the tournament’s fourth seed – forced his way onto the board in the third, moving in as Medvedev’s game became more passive and fending off a break point.
Following a fourth set filled with long rallies – and a few thrilling aces from Sinner – a break from the Italian sent the match to a fifth. Now well over three hours in, Medvedev was obviously fighting to keep up, tired from his matches all week. (Sinner, meanwhile, had dropped only one set in Melbourne before facing Medvedev). When Sinner finally made the championship point, he collapsed on the court in excited relief.
At the trophy ceremony, Medvedev was chivalrous in his celebration of Sinner before thanking his team and his family back home in Russia. He then addressed his fans. “I just wanna thank everyone. It’s been honestly an amazing two weeks. It always hurts to lose in a final, but probably being in the final is better than losing before,” Medvedev joked. “But I’m proud of myself and I’m going to try harder next time.”
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“Hello, everyone,” Sinner said upon taking the podium, the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup in his hands. He acknowledged the many finals that he’d played with Medvedev prior to this match, adding their match-ups had made him “a much better player.”
He then thanked his fans in Australia and beyond – a group that includes, most visibly, the Carota Boys – for keeping him going over the past two weeks. “You guys make me feel like I’m home.”
Sinner ended his remarks with a nod to his family in Northern Italy, who gave him the leeway to pursue whatever he liked growing up. “I wish that this freedom is possible for as many young kids as possible, so thank you so much [to] my parents,” he said. “That’s it – I don’t know anymore what to say. See you next year.”
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