Jannik Sinner has stormed his way to another Grand Slam title after overcoming Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final.
Zverev was impressing Jim Courier at the Australian Open, having reached a third Grand Slam final of his career.
But Sinner won a 20th successive Grand Slam hard-court match to reach the final, where he beat Zverev 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.
The ATP number one also won the 2024 Australian Open, with the 2024 US Open title having also gone his way.
Sinner came from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in Melbourne last time out, but this time overcame Zverev in straight sets at Rod Laver Arena.
Jannik Sinner tells Alexander Zverev to ‘keep working hard’ after Australian Open final loss
The German has now lost all three of his Grand Slam finals, with the Italian alluding to those near-misses in his on-court interview on Eurosport.
“I would like to start with Sascha,” said Sinner. “A tough day for you and not only you, your whole team and family.
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“You have an incredible team behind you. You are an amazing player. Keep believing in yourself because I think we all players and also all the coaches, know how strong you are not only as a player and as a person.
“Keep it up, keep working hard, because we all believe you can lift one of these very, very soon. I wish you only the best.”
Jannik Sinner condemns Alexander Zverev to third Grand Slam final loss
Sinner was extremely strong at Rod Laver Arena, but the final may have also been a case of Zverev not being at his best.
And that was certainly a surprise given the German’s superb Australian Open run, which included wins over the likes of Novak Djokovic and Tommy Paul.
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But he has now come up short on the biggest stage of them all for the third time in his career, with Sinner conversely having won all three of his Grand Slam finals.
The Italian was tested at times by Zverev, but he ultimately breezed to another hard-court title after two hours and 42 minutes.
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