A year after overhauling Daniil Medvedev in five sets in the final, Jannik Sinner will be favourite to win Sunday's decider and become the first man to retain the title since Novak Djokovic's "three-peat" from Top seed Sinner would become the 11th man to go back-to-back in the professional era, joining the likes of Roger Federer , and Andre Agassi Having won the U.
Open last year, Sinner could also become the first Italian to win three Grand Slam titles, moving past his tie with Nicola Pietrangeli, a back-to-back winner of the men's singles at Roland Garros Sinner arrives in the final in top form, having won his last 20 matches. He thrashed Australian number one Alex De Minaur in the quarter-finals and also beat rising American talent Ben Shelton in straight sets in the semis.
Physically, though, it has not all been smooth sailing for the year-old, who suffered cramp against Shelton and had dizzy spells on a hot day during his four-set win over Holger Rune in the fourth round.
With a maximum 27 degrees Celsius 80 F forecast on Sunday, Sinner may be relieved that the match is scheduled in the evening cool. His run to the final has come while a long-standing doping case stemming from failed drug tests last March hangs over his head. Sinner has so far proved impervious to external distractions, though, and the extra weight of being defending champion. We won six very, very tough matches.
As a teenage up-and-comer, Zverev once generated the same level of excitement that Sinner enjoyed before his maiden Grand Slam title win at Melbourne Park in However, predictions of major trophies have not come to pass for the year-old German despite a couple of near-misses.
