MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Play has started in the Australian Open final between defending champion Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev.
It’s the first men’s final between the players ranked No. 1 and No. 2 at Melbourne park since Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in 2019.
The top-seeded Sinner is a 23-year-old from Italy who is aiming Sunday to become the youngest man to win two consecutive trophies at Melbourne Park since Jim Courier in 1992 and 1993. Sinner also won the U.S. Open last September, shortly after being exonerated in a doping case that is still not entirely resolved.
Sinner is attempting to become the first man since Nadal at the French
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