By Victor Kanayo
Italian tennis czar, Jannik Sinner, on Sunday won another Australian Open at Melbourne Park, securing back-to-back titles.
His latest victory was confirmed after he defeated fellow finalist Alexander Zverev.
The reigning number-one tennis player delivered 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.
Zverev, a German, becomes the sixth man in the Open era to lose his first three Grand Slam finals, having also fallen at the final hurdle at the 2020 US Open and 2024 French Open.
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Earlier, American underdog Madison Keys won her first-ever Grand Slam trophy after holding off defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to claim the 2025 Australian Open women’s title.
Keys, playing her second major final and first in more than seven years, overcame the world number one 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
Only three other women have been older than the 29-year-old Keys when winning their first Grand Slam title.
Keys, seeded 19th in Melbourne, clasped her head in amazement before sharing an emotional hug with her husband and coach, Bjorn Fratangelo.
After reaching the French Open and US Open semi-finals in 2018, Keys dropped outside the world’s top 50 after struggling with injuries.
She returned to the top 10 in early 2022 after making the Australian Open semi-finals and also had a run to the last four at the 2023 US Open.
