Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open for 2nd straight time

Italian tennis prima Jannik Sinner defeated German Alexander Zverev successful consecutive sets to triumph his 2nd consecutive Australian Open rubric connected Sunday, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Sinner erstwhile again solidified his apical ranking successful tennis. He’s been No. 1 successful the satellite since June with nary signs of stopping. He didn’t look a interruption point, and had much winners (32-25) and less unforced errors (45-27).

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Zverev said it himself.

"You're the champion subordinate successful the world, by far. I was hoping that I could beryllium much of a rival today, but you’re conscionable excessively good. It’s arsenic elemental arsenic that," helium said.

It’s the 3rd Grand Slam rubric for Sinner. He’s won the Australian Open doubly and won the U.S. Open past year. He went arsenic acold arsenic the semifinals successful the French Open and successful Wimbledon. He’s the eighth antheral successful the Open epoch to commencement his vocation 3-0 successful Grand Slam finals.

"It’s astonishing to execute these things," helium said.

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Sinner came into the tourney with a monolithic spotlight connected him. He tested affirmative for a hint magnitude of an anabolic steroid twice past March but blamed it connected an accidental vulnerability involving 2 members of his team. He was cleared successful a ruling that was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

He was initially exonerated successful August, but WADA’s entreaty is acceptable for April.

Tennis stars specified arsenic Nick Kyrgios have spoken up astir the doping violations of players similar Sinner and Iga Swiatek, who accepted a suspension successful November.

"Two satellite No.1s some getting done for doping is disgusting for our sport. It’s a horrible look," the Aussie prima said past month. "Tennis integrity close now, and everyone knows it, but nary 1 wants to talk astir it, it’s awful."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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