India, Jan. 26 -- Jannik Sinner is all set to defend his Australian Open crowd on Sunday when he takes on No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev in the final at the Melbourne Park. This is Sinner's third Grand Slam final in his career, and he aims to improve to 3-0 in major summit clashes. Zverev, on the other hand, aims for his maiden Slam on his third attempt in a major final. He had previously reached the US Open final in 2020 and in Roland Garros in 2024.

Sinner is currently on a 20-match winning streak and has not lost a Slam match on hardcourt since September 2023, accounting for 18 straight wins. But the last man to beat the Italian in a hardcourt major was Zverev, in the fourth round of the 2023 US Open. The German, who has won 16 of his pa...