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Australian Open men's final a battle between Jannik Sinner's pressure points and Daniil Medvedev's return game

Traditions often rule everything around us. In doing so he set up a match with the player who most considered the likeliest to break through Djokovic's hold — Daniil Medvedev. Medvedev has made six grand slam finals played on hard court surfaces — including five of the past seven finals in Melbourne and New York. Medvedev's biggest strength is his return game — the envy of almost every other player on tour not named Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz. Medvedev leads all players at the Australian Open for opposition service games broken — perhaps boosted by the number of times he has been broken.

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