The match is resolved everything in the first set, a pulled set, a set where Shelton managed to put the ranking of the ranking in difficulty. Sinner found himself under 5-6 in the first fraction, it seemed that the game was complicating himself for the blue, with Shelton served for the set. Just at that moment Sinner has shown that he was superior to the American spavaldo, that he is a real champion. Contra-breaks, tie-break dominated and game, in fact, closed with that superlative test of authority. The other two downhill sets, moving Shelton in the Terra Campo. It must be said that the American tried, but today his best weapon worked in half. The service by means of service, although Shelton also served the blue body by putting it in difficulty. Sinner has a variety of shots that Shelton does not have and then Jannik knows how to play the important points, those that make you win. The number 1 in the world conquers the second final in Melbourne, where he will face Sascha Zverev for the defense of the title.
Jannik thinks back to the first set where he seriously risked losing: he expressed his mood in the interview released on the field: “I have no idea how I shot the first set, it was very hard and it was a crucial set. Today he did not serve the best, probably the percentage was not the one he wanted: we responded better than how we served. The first set gives confidence, I am satisfied with how I managed the emotions, the public was extraordinary. I am happy to be in the final again. “
Shelton, however, was up to the semifinal of a Slam, played a generous match and at least at the beginning showed great progress from a tactical point of view, he often changed, using all the cuts and rotations of his tennis. In the second and third sets, Sinner instead controlled the rival’s physical and technical exuberance, bringing home all the most important points and also managing the physical effort of an overall balanced match. But in tennis, as a rule, the strongest always wins.
Australian Open, Jannik Sinner vs Ben Shelton, 24 gennaio 2025 (afp)
-Sinner, now reaches the number 2 Sascha Zverev in the final, this is the third Slam final of his career and thanks to today’s success he reaches 20 consecutive wins on the circuit (35 wins in the last 36 games, the only defeat with Alcaraz in Beijing): in the Major tournaments on concrete does not lose from the US Open of 2023 (20 consecutive victories) when it was exceeded, in the round of 16, by Zverev. Sinner, since it is number 1 in the world, has won 46 matches of the 49 disputed, winning, in general, 23 of the last 26 tie breaks. It also becomes the youngest to reach two finals of the Australian Open from Jim Courier 1992-1993.
Jannik Sinner will play the Australian Open final on Sunday 26 January. The match, which will be held at the Rod Lavener Arena in Melbourne, will begin at 9.30 Italian. Therefore, no small hours for the Italian fans, who hope for the victory of Slam by Jannik. If he could, it would be his third in his career, second in Australia, with his whole life in front.
