Australian Open: Sinner defeats Medvedev to win first Grand Slam title

Jannik Sinner continued his stunning form since the end of last season by winning his first grand slam title.

The 22-year-old fourth seed fought from two sets down to register a 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 triumph against Daniil Medvedev and lift his maiden major trophy at the Australian Open.

Sinner roared back after Medvedev’s red-hot start inside Rod laver Arena to clinch a three-hour, 44-minute triumph, his fourth consecutive tour-level win against his rival.

With his win, Sinner became the first Italian man to win a Slam since Adriano Panatta in 1976 and just the third Italian man in history. The World No. 4, who lost just one set en route to the final, ended Novak Djokovic’s 33-match winning streak at the AO in the semi-final and after beating Medvedev has now won 20 of his past 21 tour-level matches.

“I am very proud,” Sinner said. “It was a very tough match. He started off really well, he moved me around the court. I could not make my game plan work but somehow in the third set I was looking for the small chances, which I used. The match changed and I am really happy with how I corrected it. There are so many emotions right now. I have to sit down and process it but an unbeliveable feeling.”

At 22 years and 165 days, Sinner is the youngest man to win the Australian Open since record 10-time champ Djokovic in 2008 and the second man born in the 2000s to win a Grand Slam title after Carlos Alcaraz (US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023).