{"id":52612,"date":"2024-01-26T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/im-really-happy-i-can-play-sunday-my-first-final-sinner-on-defeating-djokovic-in-aussie-open-semifinal\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:01:23","slug":"im-really-happy-i-can-play-sunday-my-first-final-sinner-on-defeating-djokovic-in-aussie-open-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/im-really-happy-i-can-play-sunday-my-first-final-sinner-on-defeating-djokovic-in-aussie-open-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I\u2019m really happy I can play Sunday my first final&#8221;: Sinner on defeating Djokovic in Aussie Open semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featuredimg\">\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"captionimg\">\u201cI\u2019m really happy I can play Sunday my first final\u201d: Sinner on defeating Djokovic in Aussi Open semifinal<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jannik Sinner beats Djokovic in the epic Australian Open semi-final.<\/li>\n<li>Djokovic\u2019s Grand Slam record chase came to an end.<\/li>\n<li>Sinner:\u00a0\u201cAwesome!\u00a0So happy to reach my first final!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jannik Sinner was ecstatic after defeating Novak Djokovic and securing his spot in the Australian Open final on Friday. Djokovic\u2019s bid for a record 25th Grand Slam singles title was ended by Sinner in the semi-final with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>During the on-court interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2023\/12\/top-coach-predicts-jannik-sinner-to-overtake-carlos-alcaraz-in-2024-season\/\">Sinner<\/a> expressed his excitement and gratitude, saying, \u201cYeah, awesome. I don\u2019t know what to say really. I started off with a couple exhibition matches, trying to come here as prepared as possible. The confidence from end of last year has for sure kept the belief that I can play with the best players in the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy I can play Sunday my first final. Let\u2019s see how it goes. But I\u2019m really happy. I come here with a smile. I\u2019ll try my best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, who beat Djokovic twice in three matches at the end of last season, took advantage of his opponent\u2019s shaky serve and error-prone backhand to convincingly win the opening two sets. Sinner was in control of the third set as well, but Djokovic raised his game to stay firm until the tiebreak. However, the Italian fluffed a match point, while also losing the set, to give his opponent a lifeline. Sinner didn\u2019t let that affect his game and broke for a 3-1 lead in the fourth set and ran away with the match.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the match, Sinner said, \u201cIt was a very tough match. I started really well. He missed for two sets. I felt like he wasn\u2019t feeling great. I tried to keep pushing. In set three, I had match point but I missed a forehand. This is tennis. I tried to be ready for the next set which I started really well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe atmosphere was so great. I was looking forward to this match. It\u2019s always nice to have this kind of player who you can learn from. I lost last year in the semis of Wimbledon. I learned a lot from that. It\u2019s part of the process. I\u2019m really happy to share this with you guys and also with my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner is also the youngest Australian Open men\u2019s singles finalist since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/djokovic-unveils-retirement-plan-after-australian-open\/\">Djokovic<\/a> in 2008, having turned 22 years and 163 days old.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner is the first tennis player from Italy to ever make it to the Australian Open singles final.<\/p>\n<p>In Sunday\u2019s championship round, Sinner will take on either third-seeded Daniil Medvedev or sixth-seeded Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-26T125158.773-254x144.jpg\" alt=\"Sinner stuns Djokovic! Italian makes history with Australian Open final berth\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Sinner stuns Djokovic! Italian makes history with Australian Open final berth<\/h5>\n<p>Jannik Sinner is the first Italian to reach the Australian Open final&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/sinner-stuns-djokovic-italian-makes-history-with-australian-open-final-berth\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m really happy I can play Sunday my first final\u201d: Sinner on defeating Djokovic in Aussi Open semifinal Jannik Sinner beats Djokovic in the epic Australian Open semi-final. Djokovic\u2019s Grand Slam record chase came to an end. Sinner:\u00a0\u201cAwesome!\u00a0So happy to reach my first final!\u201d Jannik Sinner was ecstatic after defeating Novak Djokovic and securing his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-26T131805.409.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}