Jannik Sinner continues to make history: he is the Australian Open champion for the second year in a row

Unbeatable! The Italian Jannik Sinner (No. 1 in the ATP ranking) defeated the German Alexander Zverev (No. 2) 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 6-3 this Sunday to consecrate two-time champion of the Australian Open 2025.
It was a notable match of the one born in San Candido, one more to his list. He played a practically perfect first set, without giving his rival any chance. The second set was very close from start to finish, so much so that it was decided in the tie-breakerstage in which hierarchy and temperance of the leader of the organization made him take it and be one step away from glory. Already with the mental momentum on his side, he closed the match quickly and was crowned for the second consecutive time at Melbourne Park.
A piece of information that reflects your domain: did not suffer any opportunity break against during the two hours and 45 minutes that the meeting lasted. Unappealable superiority.
How was your path to the title? The Chilean Nicholas Jarry (No. 36) in the debut, the local Tristan Schoolkate (No. 173) in the second round, the American Marcos Giron (N°46) in third wheel, the Dane Holger Rune (No. 13) in the fourth round, the host Alex De Minaur (No. 8) in the quarterfinals, the North American Ben Shelton (No. 20) in the semifinals and the mentioned Zverev in the grand finale.
In this way, the pupil of Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill became the eighth player to win his first three Grand Slam finals, after Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Stefan Edberg, Guga Kuerten, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Carlos Alcaraz. A privilege for few.
At 23 years old, he has already established himself as the best Italian tennis player in history and day by day he confirms it with more records to his name: He is the only one from his country to win three tournaments Majorsurpassing his compatriot Nicola Pietrangeli, who had raised two (Roland Garros 1959 and 1960).
Consequently, the talented right-hander added his 19th title in their showcases, following their three Grand Slam proclamations (Australian Open 2024, 2025; US Open 2024), one in the ATP Finals (2024), four Masters 1000 (Toronto 2023, Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai 2024), five ATP 500 (Washington 2021, Beijing and Vienna 2023; Rotterdam and Halle 2024), six ATP 250 (Sofia 2020 and 2021; Melbourne I and Antwerp 2021; Umag 2022, Montpellier 2023) and the Davis Cup in 2023 and 2024.
Zverev, for his part, will have to continue waiting to win one of the four most prestigious tournaments that tennis has. At the moment, three finals and three defeats: US Open 2020, Roland Garros 2024 and Australian Open 2025.
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