2025 Australian Open Men's Final: Yannik Sinner vs. Sascha Zverev

[MargaretMcAleer]

Alcaraz has got to be more well organised and planned. I think he's just living off the top of his head sometimes.

Carlos is a very instinctive player at times.

 

[don_fabio]

Goran is available do you think he would be a good fit for Zverev,

Don't know, he might prefer more lively/temperamental players like Novak or Rune.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

I love how people are comparing Learner Tien to people like De Minaur, Ruud, and Goffin. Tien just did things in this Australian Open that haven't been done since 1990 Pete Sampras and 2005 Rafa. De Minaur/Ruud/Goffin never did anywhere close of what Tien just did at 18/19. Tien is a special talent.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Don't know, he might prefer more lively/temperamental players like Novak or Rune.

Maybe though Elena Rybakina is quite the introvert, I remember he said he to her try to smile more on the court when he had that short stint with her at the AO

 

[don_fabio]

Kudos to @AnonymousFan for picking the correct score, Jannick in 3.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Kudos to @AnonymousFan for picking the correct score, Jannick in 3.

Indeed well done AF I went for 4 sets for Sinner just in case

 

[Kieran]

Alcaraz has got to be more well organised and planned. I think he's just living off the top of his head sometimes.

He’s still immature in some ways but I suspect that he’ll continue to improve every season. He’s still young, he’s got time..

 

[Shivashish Sarkar]

He’s still immature in some ways but I suspect that he’ll continue to improve every season. He’s still young, he’s got time..

He's already a great player. But, I think if he wishes to win more slams quickly he needs to get more mature.

 

[Kieran]

He's already a great player. But, I think if he wishes to win more slams quickly he needs to get more mature.

He’s already won 4 slams while being relatively inexperienced in certain situations. I think he’ll ratchet up a notch this year or next and have several seasons of utter domination.

Remember, Roger had exactly zilch slams at Carlos age, Rafa had 3 and Novak had 1. The Big 3, in other words, had the same number of slams at this age collectively as Carlos has on his own..

 

[the AntiPusher]

AP you really underestimate Sinners shot making ability off both wings, no I dont want to hear about Zed's wing span thank you very much BTW it is 2025 and not 2023, Sinner is a much better player,and Sinner is on a 20 match win streak at hard court grand slams, in saying that any player even the best, their streaks can be broken

Congratulations MM, you were correct. Sinner is leaps and bounds better than Zed last night. Zed still has a lot of problems whenever he comes to the front court!

 

[Jelenafan]

Zverev continues to pad his career legacy as the best male player never to win a Slam, but while he had a genuine shot in his first two finals (leading 2-0 in sets & within 2 points of victory in the USO, leading 2-1 sets at the FO) this one was not that close.

He might have 3 more Masters wins & maybe one more Slam final loss by the time he’s through.

 

[don_fabio]

Zverev continues to pad his career legacy as the best male player never to win a Slam, but while he had a genuine shot in his first two finals (leading 2-0 in sets & within 2 points of victory in the USO, leading 2-1 sets at the FO) this one was not that close.

After this loss he'll come to hard conclusion how much closer he was in first two attempts. In some way this loss might hurt even more. Not been even close carries a bigger burden, things to work on, improve, etc., because the competition is running away with trophies and he gets additional baggage as "always 2nd".

Someone mentioned it and I tend to agree that he seemed like a better player when he played that RG against Rafa, those ridiculously hard and 3 hour long 2 sets of tennis and unfortunate injury, compared to now.

What I'm trying to say is that he should have seized the opportunity while it was there, but so far it doesn't work well for him. It might only get harder from here on.

 

[mrzz]

Ok, I'll say it. Does anyone else think a Sinner match is extremely boring to watch?

 

[don_fabio]

Ok, I'll say it. Does anyone else think a Sinner match is extremely boring to watch?

We should put this on poll voting. I'd say yes, it's boring, but maybe not extremely. He does everything almost perfect, but his game doesn't excite.

 

[the AntiPusher]

We should put this on poll voting. I'd say yes, it's boring, but maybe not extremely. He does everything almost perfect, but his game doesn't excite.

The ladies game is far more interesting especially now since we have a rejuvenated Keys. Even the Banshee postponed her retirement.. Will Osaka EVER return to form, the new big 3 plus (CoCo) are in there prime! There are tons of villains like Ostapenko and others that keep it interesting .

 

[Jelenafan]

Ok, I'll say it. Does anyone else think a Sinner match is extremely boring to watch?

He’s the Italian Andy Murray..,

 

[don_fabio]

The ladies game is far more interesting especially now since we have a rejuvenated Keys. Even the Banshee postponed her retirement.. Will Osaka EVER return to form, the new big 3 plus (CoCo) are in there prime! There are tons of villains like Ostapenko and others that keep it interesting .

The competition is tight on women's side, I agree and I love watching them when there is a potential for a good match. I keep waiting for Osaka to do something worth of a notion, but she is still struggling, now with injuries I think. Keys matches in SF and F were better than both mens semis and F.

 

[mrzz]

He’s the Italian Andy Murray..,

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Oh, c'mon... I didn't mean something that bad.

 

[El Dude]

Ok, I'll say it. Does anyone else think a Sinner match is extremely boring to watch?

He's machine-like in his delivery and doesn't show a lot of emotion. He's a bit Lendl-esque - maybe not in terms of his game (maybe more seasoned minds can comment on that), but in terms of his overall impact and presence on court.

Jannik has fewer "holy crap" moments than Alcaraz, but his constant very high level of play is really hard to contend with. There's no particular element of his game that just blows me a way, but he's very good at everything, and superb at a lot of things.

For me the big question is whether he can translate this level - which is very, very high - to clay and grass. His relatively poor showings at Roland Garros and Wimbledon last year may mostly have to do with nagging injuries, but until he wins one of the two non-hard Slams, there may be a tiny little question mark.

 

[El Dude]

Andy made up for it with his Scottish temperament and the fact that his defense was simply awesome. I don't think he was boring. Some of the Novak-Andy rallies grew to tedium, but then you realized, "Holy crap, this has been like 30 shots and they're still going."