How and when to see Jannik Sinner in the final at the Australian Open

There's no need to set the alarm for dawn, as was the case in the semi-final won against Novak Djokovic, but the event is absolutely not to be missed: at 9.30am on Sunday 28 January Jannik Sinner faces Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final. For the Italian it is the first Slam final in his career, for an Italian it is the first singles final in Australia (Bolelli and Fognini won the doubles in 2015).

Precedents and odds

There are nine precedents between Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev. The first all won by the Russian, the last three by Sinner: ATP finals in Beijing and Vienna and semi-final of the ATP Finals. For the bookmakers this positive streak will not be interrupted as they give Sinner as the favourite.

Sinner plays his first Slam final in Melbourne and is the fifth Italian to reach the last act of a Slam: De Stefani, Pietrangeli, Panatta, the latter two winners in Paris, and Matteo Berrettini, defeated in the final in 2021, preceded him at Wimbledon by Djokovic. For Medvedev, winner of a title at the US Open, it is the third final at the Australian Open: he lost in 2021 against Djokovic and in 2022 against Nadal.

How to watch the match

The Australian Open final between Sinner and Medvedev will be played at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Sunday 28 January at 9.30 am Italian time. In Australia it will be 7.30pm.

The match will be broadcast live on Eurosport. For Sky subscribers it is on channel 210. The match can also be seen in streaming via Sky Go, NOW, Dazn and Discovery+.

Future

Even if he won, the South Tyrolean would not see his position in the ATP ranking change: he would remain fourth reaching 8310 points. In case of victory, however, Medvedev could take the second position currently held by Carlo Alcaraz, behind Djokovic. An Italian victory would still be historic and for this reason too the match is not to be missed. Never has an Italian triumphed here in singles: on the board we have the Roland Garros of Nicola Pietrangeli, Adriano Panatta and Francesca Schiavone, the US Open of Flavia Pennetta.

The ranking doesn't change, but the wallet does. From a commercial point of view Jannik Sinner is worth around $50 million. Among the brands connected to him: Nike, Gucci, Lavazza, Head, Panini, Alfa Romeo, Rolex, Panini, Fastweb, Pigna. In his career he has earned more than 17 million dollars in prize money. The Australian one would be among the richest: the final success is worth over 1.9 million euros.

All these are valid reasons to watch the final, but the most important one is to see a tennis match played by a boy who has improved enormously on the court in the last year and who faces very important matches with a smile, with great awareness and remarkable humility , which considers social media part of work and therefore you will never find anything private there, who learns with every match and every training session. He was a kid when Novak Djokovic passed by the Riccardo Piatti center where he trained and told him to vary his game. He learned it and the Serbian also noticed it.