Sinner and Zverev clash at the top of the world hierarchy

From 9:30 am Paris time, Jannik Sinner will face Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final. A Titan fight between the world’s 1 and 2 numbers. If the German led four victories for two during their confrontations, the 1m92 player is more experienced. Sinner could become the most titled Italian in history in Grand Slam if he wins his third major tournament this Sunday.

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20 consecutive victories for Sinner

Since his last defeat in Beijing in October, the world number 1 has been unbeatable. Jannik Sinner aligned 20 consecutive victories. The Italian player winner of the American Ben Shelton in the semi-final competes his second final of the Australian Open and will be the favorite against the German Alexander Zverev, says the former coach of Yannick Noah, Patrice Hagelauer, By Europe 1. “Sinner has two Grand Chelem victories because he won the Australian Open and the US Open. On the mental level, he therefore has an advantage, but on a final everything is possible!”

Jannik Sinner had thigh pain in his last match but he continues to establish his domination. The Italian does not seem disrupted by the case of the two positive controls to the clostebol, an anabolic product considered as doping (the rates found in his urine were very low). Sinner had been innocent by an independent court but the World Anti -Doping Agency called upon the CAS. A hearing at the Sports Arbitral Tribunal is planned in mid-April.

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Justine Henin predicts a victory of Sinner

Conversely, his opponent Alexander Zverev only played 1:20 in the semi-finals before the abandonment of the legendary Novak Djokovic. The German player finally hopes to win a big slam but that promises to be complicated, also predicts the former world number 1 Justine Henin, at the microphone of Eurosport, broadcaster of the competition. “I remain at the moment dubious (on a victory of Zverev) but we will see what he will have managed to provoke, how he will seize this opportunity. When we see in front of Djoko how he was admiring, if he could go Further on to see how he could have reacted … Now, he’s the one in the final and it announces something really exciting. “

A victory by Jannik Sinner would allow the Italian to sit down his domination at the top of the world hierarchy he has occupied for more than six months.