On Sunday, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will play the first final of the Grand Chelem season on the male circuit.
The Australian Open, which still contains its share of surprises, offers us this year a final between the first two players in the ATP ranking.
Sinner, holding the title and world n ° 1, facing his dolphin Zverev, in search of a first Grand Slam for several years already.
On paper, the two men experienced fifteen relatively quiet.
Sinner dismissed the Rune trap in the round of 16 after having experienced a less physically well, but he relaunched the machine from the quarter -finals against DE MINAUR, before getting out to the powerful game of Shelton in half -final.
Zverev, for his part, had a favorable painting, but he was scared in the quarter -finals against Paul, being far from his best level during the first two sets.
In the semi-finals, the abandonment of Djokovic allowed him not to engage in a physical and mental battle which could have had its impact on this final.
Although Zverev leads 4-2 in the confrontations before this match, Sinner won last year in a close meeting in Cincinnati (7-6, 5-7, 7-6).
And their latest Grand Chelem confrontation dates back to the US Open 2023, where the Italian was still far from being the player he is now, especially on hard where he has dominated competition for a year.
-For this final, Sinner, who excels in attack as well as defense and seems to be untouchable at times, a favorite leaves. Zverev, still looking for a first major tournament at 27, dominates thanks to its service and its ability to extend the exchange.
He can hold on the length and would certainly be able to physically sink in a fifth set, but the lack of aggressiveness which he can show from time to time could cost him dear.
The question is above all whether, this time, the German will not tremble when you get closer to a possible title, he who led two sets to nothing during the final of the US Open 2020, or two sets to a counter Carlos Alcaraz in Roland-Garros last year.
In the event of a victory, Zverev would finally be part of the list of winners of Grands Chelems, after so many hopes placed in him since his beginnings with professionals.
Sinner, on the other hand, would confirm his domination on the male circuit, by winning a third title of the Grand Slam, twelve months after the first.
Whatever the scenario of this 2025 Australian Open final, it is in any case a very beautiful confrontation to which we will have the right to the Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. local time, 9:30 am in France.
