Jannik Sinner surpassed Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final with a score of 3-2. Despite being led by the opponent with a score of 2-0, the player born in 2001 had a spectacular backward to win the first Grand Slam title in his career. This championship will help him promote strongly on the ATP rankings.
With this achievement, Jannik Sinner became the third Italian player in the history of the men's singles in a Grand Slam tournament. The two previous people were Nicola Pietrangeli (Champion of Roland Garros 1959, 1960) and Adriano Panatta (Roland Garros 1976). In addition, he is also the third young player in the history of the men's singles championship at Australian Open since 1988 (when this tournament moved to the current Melbourne Park). Only two younger people than Sinner when they first won the Australian Open, Novak Djokovic in 2008 and Jim Courrier in 1992.
The Italian tennis player also became a athlete under 23 years old in the history of the championship of a Grand Slam (in the opening era) after being led 0-2 in the final. He did that when he was 22 years old. Previously, only Bjorn Borg did this at Roland Garros in 1974. He is also the third player since 1973 with 3 victories with rivals in the top 5 ATP rankings with a score of 3-2 in the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals in a Grand Slam. Previously, only Federer (US Open 2007) and Djokovic (Australian Open 2012) did this.
Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev also became the first player in the opening era to lose to the two Grand Slam finals that used to lead 2 games. The first time the Russian tennis player suffered this scene was in Australia Open in 2022, when he lost to Novak Djokovic.
