Jannik Sinner scripts sensational comeback to win Australian Open 2024 title after beating Daniil Medvedev

Italy’s Jannik Sinner pulled off an incredible comeback to beat Daniil Medvedev in the men’s singles final and win the Australian Open 2024 title.

Sinner took 3 hours and 44 minutes to beat Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday, January 28 at the Rod Laver Arena. Sinner became the second Italian in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam. At the age of 22, he also became the third youngest since 1988 after Djokovic and Jim Courrier to win the prestigious hard court major. Sinner also became the first champion at Melbourne Park outside the Big 3 since 2014.

For Medvedev, there was very little to cheer about after he became the first player to lose 2 Grand Slam finals after winning the first two sets. Medvedev, in the meantime, lost his third final in 4 years in the Australian Open after also losing to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in 2021 and 2022 respectively.

Jannik Sinner storms back

The first set was a completely one-sided affair in favour of Medvedev, who earned two breaks of serve to get on top of his Italian opponent. Medvedev did not give Sinner even a single chance to break his serve and that showed how dominating he was in the opening set.

Medvedev grew in stature in the second set as he stormed to a 5-1 lead with a double break. Although Sinner earned a break back, it wasn’t enough for him to save the set.

However, Sinner started making a comeback after he won the third set. At 5-4, he broke Medvedev’s serve to make sure that the match went at least into the fourth set. Medvedev made an error on the forehand to give Sinner the break and the set.

Sinner upped his game in the fourth set and managed to take the match into the decider. The Italian star, who dropped only one set until the semi-final against Novak Djokovic, earned a crucial break at 5-4 to close out the set.

At 3-2 in the final set, Sinner delivered the body blow and went 4-2 up with a break of serve. From there on, Medvedev was unable to make a comeback as Sinner cruised to victory.

Sinner dictates terms

Sinner churned out 50 winners, 6 more than Medvedev, who was also undone by 57 unforced errors that he made. Sinner also dished out 14 aces to get the better of his opponent.

Sinner was tentative with his second serves as he won only 54 percent of points (30 of 56) from them and made five double faults, but he made up for the errors with some stupendous piece of tennis.

Sinner finished off the match against Medvedev with a forehand winner down the line. Earlier, after beating Djokovic in the semis, Sinner advanced to his maiden Grand Slam final, but he did not show any signs of nervousness at the big stage.