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Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to win the Australian Open final from Medvedev, clinches 1st major

Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to win the Australian Open final from Medvedev, clinches 1st major
We've got ourselves *** huge upset in tennis from down under the defending champ and 10 time Australian open winner Novak Djokovic is out of the tournament. Down goes Djokovic. All right, early Friday 22 year old Janni Center won the semi final match in four sets and will now advance to *** grand slam singles final for the first time in his career. Prior to Friday. Yoko VC hadn't lost *** match at Melbourne Park since 2018 after the match, he admitted quote outplayed him completely. Center cruised through the first two sets, 6162 before Djokovic took the third in *** tiebreaker. Center obviously finished off the fourth center. The tournament's fourth seed will now face off against number three seed Danil Medvedev in the final who rallied from who sets down to move on to the grand slam final. Now, Djokovic missed his first chance to become just the third person in history to win 11 titles at any one grand slam event. But so far in his career, put some respect on this man's name. He has 98 singles titles and won 24 majors
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Sinner rallies from 2 sets down to win the Australian Open final from Medvedev, clinches 1st major
Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.Video above: Novak Djokovic upset by Jannik Sinner in Australian Open semifinalThe 22-year-old Sinner was playing in a major final for the first time and got there by ending Novak Djokovic's long domination of the tournament in a semifinal upset.He's the first Italian to win the Australian Open title.For 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev, the loss was his fifth in six major finals. The third-seeded Medvedev set a record with his fourth five-set match of the tournament and time on the court at a major in the Open era, surpassing Carlos Alcaraz's 23:40 at the 2022 U.S. Open.Medvedev lost back-to-back finals here to Djokovic in 2021 and to Rafael Nadal — after holding a two-set lead — the following year. This time, he won three five-set matches to reach the championship match and had two comebacks from two sets down. Sinner only dropped one set through six rounds — in a third-set tiebreaker against Djokovic — until his five-set comeback win on Sunday.

Jannik Sinner rallied from two sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinch his first Grand Slam title.

Video above: Novak Djokovic upset by Jannik Sinner in Australian Open semifinal

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The 22-year-old Sinner was playing in a major final for the first time and got there by ending Novak Djokovic's long domination of the tournament in a semifinal upset.

He's the first Italian to win the Australian Open title.

For 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev, the loss was his fifth in six major finals. The third-seeded Medvedev set a record with his fourth five-set match of the tournament and time on the court at a major in the Open era, surpassing Carlos Alcaraz's 23:40 at the 2022 U.S. Open.

Medvedev lost back-to-back finals here to Djokovic in 2021 and to Rafael Nadal — after holding a two-set lead — the following year. This time, he won three five-set matches to reach the championship match and had two comebacks from two sets down. Sinner only dropped one set through six rounds — in a third-set tiebreaker against Djokovic — until his five-set comeback win on Sunday.