Without Federer, Nadal and Djokovic: what makes the final in Australia special

Italian Jannik Sinner (4th in the world) achieved the unexpected and eliminated Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (1st) in the semi-finals of the Australian Open.. He entered the Grand Slam definition for the first time and will determine his fate against German Alexander Zverev or Russian Daniil Medvedev. But this historical triumph led to an incredible fact: For the first time since 2005, no member of the so-called “big three” of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and the aforementioned Nole will compete in the final at Melbourne Park.

In 2005, Russian Marat Safin defeated the local Lleyton Hewitt in a decisive straight line and lost hegemony to these three monsters of white sport. The three, fueled by each other, became something of an unstoppable phenomenon, and from then on at least one of them always made it to the final chapter on Australian soil.

Together they won 17 trophies during this period, with the exception of 2014.at this time the Swiss Stan Wawrinka became a giant and managed to break this dominance and win the first Main

of his life: he did this after defeating the Spaniards in the final. That is, in this current issue, No. 56 in Open Era, for the first time in 10 years there will be a new winner.

Federer won the tournament in 2004 (before this point), 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017 and 2018; Nadal achieved this in 2009 and 2022; while Djokovic He did the same thing ten timesbecoming the biggest winner in history (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023).

Time passed and with the Swiss already retired and Manacori absent due to injury, only the Balkans could endure this reign. However, Sinner was able to defeat him and broke his streak of 33 consecutive winning games (four names between them) on this earth. Djokovic scored 10 points out of 10 in the Australian Open semi-finals. but every stripe has its end.

The Italian, who looks impeccable, will therefore seek his first major title next Sunday, the 28th. All 2024 Australian Open activity exclusively on ESPN and STAR+.