MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – No ball-breaks conceded, fourth player to succeed in the last 35 years in a Major final after Sampras (Wimbledon 2025), Federer (Wimbledon 2003) and Nadal (Us Open 2017). This is perhaps the datum of indisputable supremacy, that expressed by Jannik Sinner, reconfirmed king of Melbourne. In the final of the Australian Open 2025, the first Slam of the season (with a record prize pool of 96.5 million Australian dollars) that concluded on the concrete courts of Melbourne Park, the 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria, world number one, beat German Alexander Zverev, No. 2 in the rankings and seedings, 6-3 7-6(4) 6-3, in two hours and 42 minutes of play, overcoming for the third time in seven confrontations, the second consecutive time. The South Tyrolean star thus becomes the first Italian tennis player to win three Slam trophies, bypassing Pietrangeli, and the 15th tennis player in the Open Era to win multiple titles at the Australian Open and the 11th to win two editions in a row. For the South Tyrolean overall, it is the 19th career title (out of 24 finals played). Numbers that give the idea of absolute dominance, acknowledged sportingly even by a dejected Zverev at the end of the match: “Congratulations Jannik, you deserved it, you are No. 1 in the world and not by a little – ‘Sascha’ had admitted – I was hoping to be more competitive but you are simply too strong. Nobody deserves it more than you, you and your team do a perfect job. I don’t know if I will ever be able to raise the trophy, but I will come back and try again.” “To get these results is beautiful, but it is even more beautiful to share them with my team and family – the warm words of Sinner, who had also earlier heartened his opponent with a sincere hug. Then, turning to Cahill, who is expected to leave his coaching duties at the end of the year, “Darren, I will try to convince you, maybe this is your last Australian Open as a coach and I am very happy to share this victory with you. It all started when I chose Simone (Vagnozzi, ed.) and you two together, I am very happy to have you by my side.” A pairing that has borne very obvious fruit: Sinner has won 87 of the last 98 sets he has played while losing only 11, meaning he takes home 88.7 percent of the sets he plays. The Azure has won 37 of the last 36 matches played: this is the 21st consecutive match won for him. A total supremacy that is grafted within an Italian movement that has no rivals: from tomorrow, Italy, capable of putting the last two Davis in its trophy cabinet, will officially have eleven players in the top 100. An opulence that only a few years ago seemed like science fiction.
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