It was a comeback for the ages by Jannik Sinner.
The 4th seed Italian rallied from 2 sets down to take the Australian Open final from Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday and clinched his first Grand Slam title.
What made this feat even more special was the fact that he became the first Italian to win the Australian Open title.
22-year-old Sinner was playing in a major final for the first time and got there by ending Novak Djokovic's long domination in the tournament in a semifinal upset.
For 2021 U.S. Open champion Medvedev, the loss was his fifth in six major finals. 3rd-seeded Medvedev set a record with his fourth five-set match of the tournament and time on court at a major in the Open era, surpassing Carlos Alcaraz's 23:40 at the 2022 U.S. Open.
Medvedev lost back-to-back finals here to Djokovic in 2021 and to Rafael Nadal — after holding a two-set lead — the following year. He won three five-set matches to reach the championship match this time and had two comebacks from two sets down. Sinner only dropped one set through six rounds — in a third-set tiebreaker against Djokovic — until his five-set comeback win on Sunday.