He Australian Open 2025 closes this Sunday with the “perfect ending”, who will face the number one and number two in the world starting at 5:30 in the morning at the Rod Laver Arena. Jannik Sinner, the defending champion will go in search of his third Grand Slam; Alexander Zverev, runner-up at the US Open 2020 and Roland Garros 2024, he will want the third time to be the charm and win the title that has been denied him so much. They broadcast ESPN and Disney+.
There is a clear favorite and it is Sinner, comfortable at the top of the ranking and who lost just six games of the 79 he played in 2024. Zverev, in any case, is perhaps the only one at this moment in possession of the shots and the physique (also apparently in Melbourne) to not take for granted the delivery to the Italian of the trophy and the rich check reserved for the winner (2.1 million euros). He beat him four of the six times they faced each other and dreams of causing a surprise.
Apparently overcome the ailments of the last few days, Sinner, even after his resounding victory in the semifinals over the American Ben Shelton, He worked on the details and without forcing himself. The day before he spent training on a covered court at the National Tennis Center, away from the sun and the eyes of curious onlookers.
A fundamental isolation to better absorb the advice of Simone Vagnozzi, to concentrate on what will have to be done on the field of play, trying not to be distracted by the enormous expectations that there are for him, with an Italy that this Sunday morning will be glued to television screens or online.
Zverev, who unlike Sinner has lost both Grand Slam finals he has played in so far, has a favorable track record of head-to-head matchups with Tyrol, also winning the last clash last year at the Cincinnati Masters 1000.
A statistic that counts to a certain extent, although it is true that the German could be fresher to face a possible marathon, given that in recent days he has only played that hour and a half against Novak Djokovic, who ended up leaving the semifinal due to injury. With controversy on top, after the Serb’s desire for the German to take the trophy home.
But, something more is needed to break the calm of Sinner, who has downplayed the Serbian’s words without creating a scandal, but the implicit opinion of the former number 1 about the conditions of Zverev, who, not by chance, is currently second in the rankings, is to take it into account.