Jannik wins again in Austria after two years, but struggles to beat the German who had won the first set
A very tough battle lasting two and a half hours and at the end Jannik Sinner triumphs in the ATP 500 in Vienna against the German Aleksander Zverev who played a great match and only gave in in the last two games, which in the end proved decisive for the victory of the South Tyrolean. Sinner thus wins the twenty-second tournament of his careerthe fourth in 2025, and the hunt continues to become number one again: he has recovered five hundred points in Alcaraz, now the two (840 points apart) will meet again in Paris.
Zverev in great form
It was a beautiful match played at very high technical levels with Zverev having found his best shots again and who if he were to confirm himself at these levels could become the only alternative to the Alcaraz-Sinner duopoly. Jannik seemed unfocused at the beginning of the match, he didn’t take advantage of a break point in the first game and then he had serve broken when he was leading 40-0. Sasha played an excellent tournament in Vienna and took advantage of his serve to reach 4-1, then Sinner didn’t take advantage of two break points and the German closed the first set 6-3. In the second set Sinner raised the pace, the first serve percentages rose from 58% to 80 and the return was also more effective. In the second game Zverev commits two double faults, has a noticeable drop (which happens to him often) and Sinner runs away to close 6-3 without ever risking his serve.
Steady nerves
The match progresses with great balance: Sinner and Zverev fire shots of unprecedented power from the baseline and everything remains in perfect parity until 5-5. It is at this point, in the decisive moments, that you see the difference between a great player and a champion. On his serve Zverev has a ball to make it 6-5, but Jannik cancels it and then earns a break point. The tension is very high and at the end of a very tough exchange it is Zverev who makes the mistake. So Jannik can close 7-5 on his serve without leaving a single point to the opponent. Sinner’s management of the decisive moment of the match was extraordinary, demonstrating his coolness in the decisive moments of the match. Jannik is obviously happy with the success: “Difficult start for me in this final, I had break points but I started from behind. However, I tried to stay there mentally, playing when my best tennis counted. I tried to push, and I’m happy to have won another title. The most important thing is to try not to give up, to stay there. The key was serving well, save energy while batting. A great performance from both of us.”
