MELBOURNE โ Jannik Sinnerโs first Grand Slam title with a comeback from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev completed the first 15-day Australian Open on the third Sunday of the tournament. Here's a guide that tells you everything you need to know:
KEY RESULTS SUNDAY?
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Men's singles championship: No. 4 Jannik Sinner beat No. 3 Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Women's doubles championship: No. 2 Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens beat No. 11 Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 7-5.
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โ Li Na makes a surprise visit to see Zheng
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โ A courtside bar is dividing opinion
โ Players complain about a rule change for spectators
โ 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins announces a 2024 retirement
โ The late show with Daniil Medvedev
A TENNIS QUIZ
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STATS TO KNOW
1 โ Sinner wins his first Grand Slam title in his first major final.
4 โ Medvedev is the first finalist to play four five-set matches in a Grand Slam tournament.
24:17 โ Medvedev's court time through seven rounds is a Grand Slam Open era record.
1,020,763 โ a record total crowd for the Australian Open main draw. The extra day helped. The previous record for a 14-day tournament was 839,192 last year.
WORDS TO KNOW
โYes, I like to dance in the pressure storm. I like it, because thatโs where most of the time I bring out my best tennis." โ Sinner.
โItโs very, very tough when you have a mentality, I donโt want to say champion, but a good mentality, a sport mentality, itโs very tough to lose in the final. It kind of hurts more. But you have to try to find positives โ and the positive is, well, the final is better than the semifinal and quarters.โ โ Medvedev.
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