Jannik Sinner ends Novak Djokovic's Australian Open reign in semifinals - ESPN

MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner has upset Novak Djokovic to reach the Australian Open men's final, ending the 10-time champion's career unbeaten streak in semifinals at Melbourne Park.

The 22-year-old Italian broke Djokovic's serve twice in each of the first two sets but missed a match point in the third set of a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 victory Friday that earned him a place in a Grand Slam final for the first time.

On his second match point, 55 minutes later, he made no mistake and completed his third victory in four matches against Djokovic since losing to the world No. 1 in last year's Wimbledon semifinals.

«It's always nice to have this kind of player who you can learn from,» Sinner said in his on-court TV interview. «I lost last year in the semifinals in Wimbledon and I learned a lot from that. The confidence from the end of last year has for sure kept the belief that I can play the best players in the world.»

Sinner is the youngest player to reach the men's final in Australia since Djokovic's first title in 2008. He will play either third-seeded Daniil Medvedev or No. 6 Alexander Zverev for the championship on Sunday.

Djokovic's bid for a record-extending 11th Australian and 25th major title overall will have to wait.

He hadn't lost a match at Melbourne Park since 2018 (a fourth-round defeat to Chung Hyeon) and was on a 33-match winning streak at the season's first major. Every previous time he'd won a quarterfinal in Australia, Djokovic had gone on to win the hardcourt title.

«He's deservedly in the finals. He outplayed me completely,» Djokovic said. «Look, I was, in a way, shocked with my level — in a bad way. There was not much I was doing right in the first two sets.

»Yeah, I guess this is one of the worst