MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.
He’s the first Italian to win the Australian Open title in what could be a generational shift in tennis.
For 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev, the loss was his fifth in six major finals.
Nobody had done that on the way to an Australian Open final since Pete Sampras in 1995.
In the sixth game of the fifth set, Sinner had triple breakpoint against a fatiguing Medvedev.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Open, Djokovic —, Medvedev, Australian, Melbourne, Nadal
Locations:
MELBOURNE, Australia