Sinner beats Zverev to win back-to-back Australian Open titles

Jannik Sinner brushed aside Alexander Zverev in the final of the men’s singles event at Australian Open on Sunday to emerge champion.

The Italian top seed secured a back-to-back victory by deliverinh in the decisive moments to win 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 against the second seed.

Despite an ongoing doping case hanging over him, Sinner has been able to block out the noise to claim a third Grand Slam title.

“It’s an incredible tournament for me, I hope I can keep it going,” said Sinner, who is the first Italian player to win three majors.

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Zverev could not create a single break point in the match and grew increasingly frustrated as his game failed to trouble Sinner.

The 27-year-old German becomes the sixth man in the Open era to lose his first three Grand Slam finals.

Zverev, who had also lost in the finals of the 2020 US Open and 2024 French Open, said: “It sucks standing next to this trophy,” he said.

“I was hoping to be more competitive but Jannik was just too good – as simple as that.”

Meanwhile, in the women’s singles, American underdog Madison Keys finally got her hands on a Grand Slam trophy after holding off defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win on Saturday.

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