Australian Open: Sinner-Zverev al via al match 2-2
The “perfect final” of the Australian Open, which pits the world no.1 and no.2 against each other, closes a perfect circle for Jannik Sinner, who since the comeback victory over Daniil Medvedev 12 months ago has given the away to his dominion.
From what we saw in Melbourne, minor ailments aside, the Italian is so complete that he leaves little room for the hopes of his rival, Alexander Zverev, of winning his first career slam and preventing him from doing an encore in the ‘down under’ tournament ‘.
The German, in any case, is perhaps the only one currently in possession of the shots and the physique (also from what was seen in Melbourne) to not take the awarding of the trophy and the rich check reserved for the winner for granted. Having apparently overcome the ailments of the past few days, Sinner, even after the victory in the semifinal over the American Ben Shelton, three sets almost without history, worked on the details and without forcing. The day before was spent training on an indoor court at the National Tennis Centre, away from the sun and the gazes of onlookers.
ANSA Agency Australian Open: Bolelli-Vavassori knocked out in the doubles final – News – Ansa.it Beaten in three sets by the Heliovaara-Patten pair (ANSA)A fundamental isolation to better absorb Simone Vagnozzi’s advice, to concentrate on what there will be to do on the pitch, trying not to be distracted by the enormous expectation that there is towards him, with an Italy that from 9, 30 will be glued to the screens and there is also live broadcast on Nove. Zverev, who so far, unlike Sinner, has lost both slam finals in which he has participated, has a favorable history in direct clashes with the South Tyrolean, who also won the last one, last year at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
- ANSA Agency Keys surprises Sabalenka, her first Slam in Melbourne – News – Ansa.it The American: ‘I didn’t think I would have another chance’ (ANSA)A statistic, therefore, that matters up to a certain point, while it is true that the German could be fresher to face a possible marathon, given that in the last few days he has only played that scant hour and a half against Novak Djokovic. With controversy following the Serbian’s wish for the German to bring home the trophy. It takes more to shake the tranquility of Sinner, who downplayed the Serb’s words without creating a case, but the implicit opinion of the former n.1 on the conditions of Zverev, who not surprisingly is currently the n.2 in world, it must however be taken into consideration.
The defeat of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the doubles final against the Finnish Harri Heliovaara and the British Henry Patten made the dream of a possible Italian men’s en plein win disappear, but the overall result in Melbourne is still extraordinary for Italtennis, also considering the path of Lorenzo Sonego who came close to reaching the semi-final. Tomorrow there will also be the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka cheering for Sinner, the WTA n.1 who today missed a consecutive encore by surprisingly losing the title match with the American Madison Keys. Among the curiosities of the first slam of the season is the final of the junior men’s tournament, won by the 18-year-old Swiss Henry Bernet. Red hair like Sinner, but a native of Basel like Roger Federer with whom he shares a one-handed backhand. We will hear about him again (some people evoke him as Roger’s great heir), but at the moment the present, and the future, is in Jannik’s hands.
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