Sinner and Medvedev met in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments this year, but this match did not quite reach the high quality of their previous performances.

Sinner overcame a two-set deficit against Medvedev to win his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne, while Medvedev took revenge in another five-set match in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in July.

When Medvedev was asked to serve first, he immediately came under pressure and had to fend off a break point before managing a break to 0 a few games later.

Sinner narrowly missed a step on serve before the start of the second set as he was drawn into the longer rallies that Medvedev enjoys so much.

The Russian took an early break and doubled his advantage after a 10-minute game on Sinner’s serve that ended with the Italian netting a forehand.

With the match evenly matched, the momentum shifted to Sinner’s side, who won five games in a row and had three set points on Medvedev’s serve, thus achieving the dreaded “bagel”.

Medvedev managed to win one more game in the third set and left the court to regroup, but he immediately had to overcome a 0-30 deficit in his first service game and a break seemed inevitable.

When Sinner made the decisive break to take a 4-3 lead, he showed his quality and secured the win with a breathtaking forehand winner.

Sinner has lost only two matches on hard court this season and has won four titles on the surface, including his triumph at the Australian Open.

His most recent success came in August in Cincinnati, when he won the title one day before it was announced that he had been cleared of any wrongdoing after testing positive twice for a banned substance earlier this year.