“Clinical” is a word once reserved for Djokovic’s one-sided wins, but we can use it for Sinner’s rout of Zverev in the Australian Open final. He starts 2025 a step—or three—ahead of everyone else.

The world No. 1 faced zero break points in confidently lifting his third major trophy, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

The Italian is just the eighth man in the Open Era to win their first three or more major title matches.

The No. 1 seeds beat third seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 to win the Australian Open, 13 years after Townsend was junior champion.

The American defeated Sabalenka and Swiatek in back-to-back matches to lift her first major trophy in her 46th try.

The British-Finnish duo rallied from losing a 18-16 first-set tiebreak to win the men's doubles trophy over Italy's Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.

Difficult as the loss was to digest at the moment, the result probably won’t be painful for too long for the 26-year old runner-up.

A decade after first reaching the semifinals as a teenager, Keys stunned the world No. 1 to win her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne.

The 18-year-old said he met Federer for the first time last year, while he has practiced with Wawrinka as the pair share the same management team.

With 20 straight hard-court Grand Slam wins, Sinner is the king of the surface, but the slightly slower evening conditions in Rod Laver Arena may help Zverev.

“Two years ago, I managed it better. This time that wasn't the case," Djokovic said after retiring vs. Alexander Zverev. But failing to defy his body in Melbourne a third time, at 37, isn’t the end of his career.