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Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev will meet in the 2025 Australian Open Men’s Singles Final.

The top two seeds in the draw advanced to Sunday’s championship match in two different fashions on Friday in Melbourne.

Sinner produced a straight sets victory over Ben Shelton, while Zverev needed just one set to get past Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic retired from the match when the first-set tiebreak ended. He was dealing with a muscle tear that he suffered in his quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz.

No. 1 Jannik Sinner def. No. 21 Ben Shelton, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2

No. 2 Alexander Zverev def. No. 7. Novak Djokovic, 7-6 (5) (retired)

Sinner was the only one of the two Australian Open finalists to play a full match on Friday.

However, the top-seeded Italian should not be at a significant disadvantage at rest compared to Zverev as he won in straight sets.

Sinner was pushed into a first-set tiebreak by Shelton and then cruised in the second and third sets, dropping just four games.

The reigning Australian Open champion has improved throughout the tournament. He produced consecutive wins in three sets in the quarterfinals against no. 8 seed Alex de Minaur and Friday against the 21st seed Shelton.

Zverev appeared to be in a long battle with Djokovic Inside Rod Laver Arena.

The first set between no. 2 and 7 seeds lasted 82 minutes, but the match ended suddenly when Zverev captured the first set through a tiebreaker.

Djokovic, who did not practice between his quarterfinal and semifinal matches, dealt with too much pain and had to withdraw.

Zverev qualified for his third Grand Slam final. He is 0-2 in the previous two finals. He was ahead in both of them before losing the fourth and fifth sets.

Sinner is 2-0 in his two Grand Slam finals. He rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Daniil Medvedev last year in Australia, and he beat Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win the 2024 US Open.

Zverev has a 4-2 head-to-head advantage over the offender. That record includes a 2-1 mark in favor of Zverev in Majors, with both wins coming on hard court at the US Open in 2021 and 2023.