The Russian was unable to add another Grand Slam to his collection
Daniil Medvedev sent an emotional message to his family following his defeat to Jannik Sinner in the final of the Australian Open on Sunday.
Sinner won 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-3 to secure a first Grand Slam title of his career, producing one of his best performances in the process.
But he found himself coming undone in the latter stages and Sinner capitalised to turn the match around and secure a maiden major.
Sinner was emotional after his triumph, with the Italian clearly delighted at etching his name into the history books.”First of all I want to congratulate Jannik because today you showed why you deserve it,” he said.”You fought to the end, you managed to raise your level. You and your team are doing an amazing job. Winning a lot of tournaments, a lot of finals.”Hopefully this is not your last Grand Slam and hopefully I can get the next one if we play again in the final because this is three in a row now.”I’ll hopefully try to do better next time but congrats because you deserve it.
