MELBOURNE, Australia – Jannik Sinner na Italiya da Alexander Zverev na Jamus sun fafata a wasan karshe na gasar Australian Open 2025 a ranar 26 ga Janairu a Melbourne Park. Sinner, wanda ke matsayi na daya a duniya, yana kokarin kare kambunsa na baya, yayin da Zverev ke neman lashe gasar Grand Slam ta farko a tarihinsa.
Sinner, mai shekaru 23, zai iya zama dan wasan Italiya na farko da ya lashe kambun Grand Slam sau uku. Ya fara wasan karshe ne da nasara a wasanni 20 a jere, mafi kyawun nasararsa ta kari. A gefe guda, Zverev, wanda ke matsayi na biyu a duniya, bai taba lashe gasar Grand Slam ba, bayan ya sha kashi a wasannin karshe biyu da ya fafata a baya.
Wannan shi ne karo na farko tun lokacin da Novak Djokovic ya doke Rafael Nadal a shekarar 2019 da ‘yan wasa biyu masu matsayi na farko da na biyu suka fafata a wasan karshe na Australian Open. Ko da yake Sinner ne mai nasara a baya, Zverev ya fi nasara a tarihin haduwar su, inda ya lashe wasanni hudu daga cikin shida.
“Mun yi wasanni masu tsanani a baya. Komai na iya faruwa,” in ji Sinner. “Za a sami tashin hankali sosai, amma ina farin cikin yin wasa a wannan matsayi.”
Sinner ya lashe gasar Australian Open a shekarar da ta gabata kuma ya ci gaba da lashe gasar US Open a watan Satumba. Ya lashe gasar Grand Slam sau biyu a cikin shekarar 2024, inda ya tabbatar da kansa a matsayin dan wasan da ya fi fice a wasan tennis na maza. A wannan kakar, Rafael Nadal ya yi ritaya, yana barin Novak Djokovic a matsayin dan wasa na karshe daga cikin ‘Big Three’.
Duk da haka, Sinner ya fuskantar shari’ar shan magungunan da aka haramta, wanda Kotun Arbitration for Sport (Cas) za ta yi shari’a daga ranar 16-17 ga Afrilu. Hukumar Anti-Doping ta Duniya (WADA) ta daukaka kara kan shawarar da ta yanke na cire laifin Sinner bayan ya gwada tabbataccen magani da aka haramta sau biyu a watan Maris na bara, kuma tana neman dakatar da shi na tsawon shekara zuwa biyu.
“Akwai abubuwa da yawa da ke faruwa, a filin wasa da wajensa,” in ji Sinner. “Ina kokarin ware kaina dan kadan, ina kokarin zama kaina a filin wasa. Akwai kwanaki da suke da sauqi, kwanaki da nake fuskantar wahala. Ina farin cikin yin wasa don babban kambi.”
Yayin da Sinner ke neman kara sunansa a cikin jerin ‘yan wasa bakwai da suka sami nasara a wasannin karshe na Grand Slam uku a farkon zamaninsu, Zverev yana fatan guje wa zama na shida da ya sha kashi a wasannin karshe uku na farko. Jamusanci ya sha kashi a wasannin karshe biyu na Grand Slam da ya yi a baya, duk da cewa ya yi nasara a set biyu a wasan karshe na US Open na 2020 da kuma set biyu zuwa daya a wasan karshe na French Open na bara.
Nasara a ranar Lahadi za ta sa Zverev ya zama dan wasan Jamus na farko da ya lashe gasar Australian Open tun bayan Boris Becker a shekarar 1996. “Ina tsammanin Jannik shi ne dan wasan da ya fi kowa nasara a duniya a cikin watanni 12 da suka gabata,” in ji Zverev. “Babu shakka game da haka. Ya lashe gasar Grand Slam sau biyu. Ya kasance mai tsayin daka, don haka tabbas daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan da suka fi kowa nasara a duniya.”
