Tennis Thread

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Australian open final, Sinner the Tyrolean is on his way to retaining his AO crown having taken the first set. Zverev is the nearly man of Tennis, a lot of promise in his younger days but given the prominence of his career, this is only his third GS final and in the previous two he managed to throw away a two set lead and a two sets to one lead respectively.

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Sinner now two sets to the good, despite a promising break opportunity for Sinner early on…this one went to a tie break

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Sinner breaks in the third set, leading 5-2 and just needs to hold serve once to retain his title

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Which he does. Sinner wins 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 and takes his second Australian open and third Grand Slam in all

Catching up with Alcaraz who has four to his name

Routine win in the end, I note that this was probably an easier win for Sinner than against Taylor Fritz at Flushing meadows

If he doesn’t end up getting banned from the sport for two years. There will be a hell of a rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/a...s/c2kqyw418zqo

Speaking of which, the two face each other for the first time in a Grand Slam final

Given the recent record, I’d be amazed with anything other than an Alcaraz win. I think Alcaraz is the better tennis player, and is in better form with Sinner maybe a tad rusty after that two month ban.

Although Sinner hasn’t dropped a set in this tournament so far, and made short work of Novak Djokovic.

I like both these players so don’t really mind that much who wins, Alcaraz is the more entertaining player to watch between the two, but Sinner arguably the more consistent.

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Sinner takes first set 6-4 after being a break down

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Alcaraz a break down in the second set, needs to pull the iron out of the fire here (if he’s able to)

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Alcaraz breaks back when Sinner serving for the second set. On serve

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Sinner wins the tie break to take a two sets lead

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Topsy Turvy third set, currently on serve but Sinner broke first, then Alcaraz won three games in a row to go ahead, and Sinner has just broken back whilst Alcaraz was serving for the set.