Jannik Sinner Beats Alexander Zverev to Win 2025 Australian Open Men's Final Bracket

Jannik Sinner successfully defended his Australian Open crown, beating Alexander Zverev in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 in Sunday's men's singles final.

This continues a dominant run from the 23-year-old. The Associated Press' Howard Fendrich noted Sinner is 80-6 since the start of last season, a stretch that includes three Grand Slam triumphs and a win in the year-end ATP Finals.

Sinner appeared to be looking a bit vulnerable into the third set of his semifinal win over Ben Shelton. He began to experience some cramping and was visibly wincing at times.

Unfortunately for Zverev, his opponent had no such issues Sunday. Sinner combined power with metronomic consistency for what was an unstoppable pair.

The Italian won 84 percent of his first-service points and collected six aces. He didn't allow Zverev to have a single break-point opportunity. Sinner also had 32 winners and 27 unforced errors to 25 and 45 respectively for Zverev.

No sequence summed up the match better than when Sinner was serving at 30-30 down 5-6 in the second set. Zverev was two points away from getting a pivotal break and claiming the set.

Sinner had other plans, keeping the German on the defensive and working him around the court during the point. The end came when he hit a backhand passing shot down the line.

The two exchanged serve for the first five games of the third set until Sinner broke Zverev's serve to jump ahead 4-2 and it was academic from there.

A Grand Slam title remains elusive for Zverev, who's now 0-3 in major finals.

"It sucks standing here next to this thing (trophy) and not being able to touch it, I'll be honest," he said in his post-match interview on the court. "But congratulations to Jannik. You more than deserve it. You're the best player in the world by far. I was hoping that I could be more competitive today, but you're just too good. It's as simple as that."

Perhaps Zverev's breakthrough will come at the French Open, where he was a semifinalist in 2021, 2022 and 2023 before advancing to the final and losing to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets last year.