Jannik Sinner is the 2024 Australian Open Champion, having recovered from two units all the way down to see off a fatigued Daniil Medvedev in 5 units.
The fourth-seeded South Tyrolean got here by means of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to win his first Grand Slam title in three hours and forty-four minutes.
You possibly can catch the match stats, the highlights, the trophy ceremony and a fast match recap under.
Australian Open 2024 Closing Consequence
Winner
Loser
Scoreline
Jannik Sinner (4)
Daniil Medvedev (3)
3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
Match Stats
Jannik Sinner
Daniil Medvedev
Aces
14
11
Double Faults
5
3
1st Serve Share
61%
68%
1st Serve Factors Received
74% (65/88)
76% (72/95)
2nd Serve Factors Received
54% (30/56)
45% (20/44)
Break Factors Saved
67% (8/12)
56% (5/9)
1st Return Factors Received
24% (23/95)
26% (23/88)
2nd Return Factors Received
55% (24/44)
46% (26/56)
Break Factors Transformed
44% (4/9)
33% (4/12)
Winners
50
44
Unforced Errors
49
57
Internet Factors Received
67% (14/21)
71% (32/45)
Max Factors In Row
9
8
Service Factors Received
66% (95/144)
66% (92/139)
Return Factors Received
34% (47/139)
34% (49/144)
Whole Factors Received
50% (142/283)
50% (141/283)
Max Video games In Row
3
4
Service Video games Received
83% (20/24)
83% (19/23)
Return Video games Received
17% (4/23)
17% (4/24)
Whole Video games Received
51% (24/47)
49% (23/47)
Highlights
Trophy Ceremony
Fast Match Recap
In his on-court interview after the semi-final, Daniil Medvedev had hoped the phrase third time fortunate would ring true on Sunday however admitted in his expertise, it didn’t all the time fairly work like that.
At two units to like, it regarded as if luck was going to be on his aspect, however as his vitality ranges pale, the latter a part of his assertion rang true as Sinner used his more energizing legs to grind down the Russian.
Within the first set, Medvedev adopted an unusually aggressive stance, closing the hole to the baseline and ripping his return, a strategic shift from his identified choice for taking part in deep.
This method rattled Sinner, denying the younger Italian his trademark rhythm. With a powerful 84% first-serve level win price, Medvedev’s service sport gave him loads of respiration room.
Whereas it’s spectacular to see that Meddy has that in his locker, the tactic was employed to try to stop a slugfest he’s endured all through the 2 weeks in Melbourne.
Medvedev’s momentum continued into the second set, and the tactical gamble of participating in aggressive, forward-moving play was nonetheless too sizzling to deal with for the Italian. Regardless of a short resurgence from Sinner, who recovered one break of serve, Medvedev held agency to ascertain a two-set lead.
Nonetheless, issues started to vary within the third set; after witnessing a mini resurgence from Sinner on the finish of the second set, he continued that development and began to power Medvedev again into the rallies whose groundstrokes didn’t have as a lot zip on them as the primary set and a half.
Within the fourth set, the massive second got here at sport seven, the place Medvedev had a 0-30 window on Sinner’s serve. A poor return off a second serve prevented three break factors, and though the Russian ultimately held a break level, Sinner snuffed it out with an enormous ace down the T.
That proved to be the top of any actual hope of Medvedev discovering the end line as Sinner broke when main 5-4 within the fourth, and by serving first within the fifth set, he had the scoreboard on his aspect.
The fifth began cagely sufficient, however in sport six, Sinner stepped it up once more, breaking for 4-2 with Medvedev trying more and more bedraggled. That proved sufficient as Sinner held his subsequent two service video games to shut it out 6-3 within the fifth.
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