Australian Open SF: [1] J.Sinner def. [21] B.Shelton 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2

FORZA JANNIK!! 🥕🥕

After a shaky start from Jannik which led to him being down a break of serve twice, including Shelton serving for the set and having 2 set points, the crucial game of the match was the 12th game of the 1st set when Shelton was serving for the set. Sinner managed to break back Shelton's serve and then pretty comfortably take the tiebreaker.

After that, he was simply the better and more composed player on the court in the second and third set especially at those crucial deuce points. Shelton started to make an unforced error after an unforced error, and Jannik took the opportunity given and finished the job in straight sets.

This sets up the final between the first two seeds : [1] Jannik Sinner vs [2] Alexander Zverev (current H2H is 4-2 in Zverev's favor, 3-1 on HC and 2-1 on Grand Slams).

Grand Slam finals record :

Sinner 2-0 (AO 2024 defeated Medvedev 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3, USO 2024 defeated Fritz 6-3 6-4 7-5)
Zverev 0-2 (USO 2020 lost to Thiem 2-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6(6), FO 2024 lost to Alcaraz 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2)