Melbourne, Jan. 26 -- Following his loss to Jannik Sinner in the finals of the Australian Open, German tennis star Alexander Zverev compared the Italian star to Serbian Tennis icon Novak Djokovic and said that the three-time Grand Slam champion told him that he would get to win a major title in his career.

Sinner secured back-to-back Australian Open titles on Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev in a hard-hitting title clash in Melbourne, becoming the first player from his country to secure three Grand Slam titles. Sinner downed Zverev by 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 in a two-hour, 42-minute final in which he did not face even a single break point. He managed to defend the title which he had won last year.

While there were moments of genius from Zver...