Sinner Swallows Up Zverev For Second Straight Australian Open, 3rd Slam
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Jannik Sinner cemented himself as the best on hard courts cruising to a 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 victory over Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final.
Sinner becomes the first Italian to ever win three Slams and the first player to win three straight hard court Slams since Novak Djokovic in 2015-16.
“We worked a lot to be in this position and it is an amazing feeling to share this moment with all of you,” Sinner on court. “I know a part of the team is at home and my family, but it is amazing to share these feelings with you. I know Darren it is probably your last Australian Open as a coach and I am very, very happy to share this trophy with you. Everything started a little bit when I changed my combination of coaches and physio, I am very happy to have you all here.”
Just 23, Sinner has won three of the last five Slams and he’s won his last 21 matches.
Zverev, who only played one set since Tuesday, couldn’t even get a break point in the match and could find the range off the ground, especially from the forehand which contributed to 24 unforced errors to just three winners.
Sinner was rock-solid off his first serve barely losing points — just nine the entire match — and while he, too, wasn’t overpowering off the ground, he did bring the German in 27 times winning a robust 13 as Zverev struggled at the net.
Zverev had a chance in the breaker but a dribbler over the net went against him that was it. Sinner continued to pepper balls to both wings of Zverev drawing errors. There was nothing Zverev could do from the ground or from the net.
“Jannik is better than me at the moment. It’s as simple as that,” Zverev said. “I think I serve better than Jannik, and everything else he does better. At the end of the day, he deserves to win. He’s the best player on hardcourts right now.
“I didn’t stop fighting, I didn’t stop believing, but then in the third set I thought he outplayed me more than in the other sets.”
Sinner moves to 3-0 in the Grand Slam final as Zverev slumps to 0-3. And with Sinner and Alcaraz playing so well, when can Zverev and his brethren like Daniil Medvedev, Andre Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, etc., find room to win Slams? It’s only going to get tougher.
“It was a difficult moment for me,” Zverev said. “Now, for the third time, seeing somebody lift the trophy and me standing next to that is difficult because there’s nothing more I want than to be able to hold one of those trophies in my hands.
“I don’t want to end my career as the best player of all time to never win a Grand Slam, that’s for sure. I’ll keep doing everything I can to lift one of those trophies.”
If anything or anyone can slow down Sinner, it might come off the court as WADA will appeal the Sinner’s doping decision by pressing a higher court to get the world No. 1 banned for up to two years. That will come in April.
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