Melbourne [Australia], January 26 (ANI): The males’s singles remaining of the continuing Australia Open 2025 is about to be a thriller of a contest as the highest two seeds on the planet for the time being, Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will lock horns towards one another on the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. The title conflict will begin at 2 PM IST.
Currently the highest tennis participant within the ATP rankings, Sinner will look to develop into simply the third man within the final 20 years – after legends Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – to defend his Australian Open title.
Sinner, who clinched his first two Grand Slam titles in 2024 on the Australian Open and US Open, eased previous USA’s Twenty first-seed Ben Shelton 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2 within the semi-finals to guide his spot in Sunday’s conflict.
On the opposite aspect of the online, Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medallist Alexander Zverev shall be chasing his maiden Grand Slam title. The 27-year-old German tennis participant reached the French Open 2024 remaining however fell quick towards Carlos Alcaraz.
Zverev superior to the Australian Open 2025 remaining after 10-time champion Novak Djokovic retired attributable to a muscle tear within the semi-final.
A victory on Sunday would make Zverev the primary German males’s singles champion in Melbourne since Boris Becker’s triumph in 1996.
Alexander Zverev leads the head-to-head rivalry 4-2 however Jannik Sinner received the latest encounter, a gripping semi-final on the Cincinnati Open final 12 months. Zverev’s final victory over Sinner got here within the spherical of 16 on the 2023 US Open. (ANI)