Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Indian Wells 2022 tournament, sending sorrow down the spines of ardent tennis lovers. The event officials announced through Twitter on Thursday morning that the 20-year-old had withdrawn owing to a serious illness. The news came just under an hour before Sinner and Nick Kyrgios were due to lock horns in the 4th round of the tournament.

When Sinner faced Benjamin Bonzi in the third round of the Indian Wells 2022, he was noticed battling with his stomach. The Italian eventually won the match in 2 hours and 37 minutes, but his condition was clearly precarious. Unfortunately, he was unable to recuperate in time to face Kyrgios.

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Nevertheless, with Sinner out of the competition, only two of the top ten seeds remain, Rafael Nadal (4) and Andrey Rublev (7).

How does Nick Kyrgios Benefit from it? 

Nick became the first quarter-finalist in the Men's singles event at Indian Wells 2022 thanks to the Italian's walkover. It is a huge boost for Kyrgios. He will have more time to recover before facing Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.

Kyrgios began the tour as a wildcard entrant, ranked No. 132 in the world. However, he has continued to surprise with his most recent victory by defeating world No. 8 Casper Ruud. Kyrgios had not beaten a top-10 opponent in more than three years, due to injuries and the Covid-19 outbreak, which limited him to only 12 tournaments since 2020.

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Nevertheless, now the Aussie will be trying to overcome this year's Australian Open champion and make a name for himself in the competition.

The Australian Open is one of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis and is held annually in Melbourne, Australia.

The tournament has been held since 1905 and has seen some of the greatest players in the sport compete for the title. 

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In this article, we will brief you on the Australian Open winners list (Men).

Jannik Sinner claims Australian Open 2025 title

Jannik Sinner won the latest edition of the Australian Open after defeating Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. 

With this, the Italian becomes the first man to retain the title since Novak Djokovic’s “three-peat” from 2019 to 2021.

Aged 23 years 163 days, Sinner is also the youngest man to win multiple Australian Open titles since Jim Courier in 1992-93.

Djokovic won the most titles

Over the last decade, the tournament has been dominated by Novak Djokovic who has won the tournament ten times in this period (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023).

The only other players to win the tournament in this time are Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka. 

Djokovic's record in the tournament is impressive, with his ten wins coming in a consecutive period of 11 years.

He has been able to defeat some of the greatest players in the world, such as Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, in the final of the tournament.

Djokovic also has two hat-tricks of Australian Open titles, once between 2011-2013 and then doing an encore from 2019-2021.

The Serbian’s first Australian Open crown came in 2008, when he came from a set down to beat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6.

Djokovic has beaten Andy Murray in as many as four Australian Open finals while he has also beaten Rafael Nadal in two finals.

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Roger Federer won the title twice in last decade 

On the other hand, Roger has won the Australian Open twice in the last decade, in 2017 and 2018. 

He has been a finalist in the tournament five times in this period, showing his consistency at the tournament. 

While Stan Wawrinka has won the Australian Open once, in 2014. He defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, who was the defending champion at the time. 

This win was a major upset and Wawrinka proved that he is capable of winning the biggest tournaments in the world.

It is interesting to note that, in the last decade, the men's singles of the Australian Open has been dominated by Swiss players, with four out of the ten titles won by either Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka.

While Novak Djokovic, another Swiss player, has dominated the tournament with 10 titles. This shows the strength of Swiss players in the tennis world, particularly on hard courts.

Australian Open Winners list (Men)

The Paris Olympics 2024 men’s tennis draw is on the table and Two-time Olympic gold medalist Rafael Nadal will meet Hungary’s Marton Fuscovics, in Round 1. Nadal enters the tournament unseeded and is set to play his last Olympic games. There is a high possibility that he could play world No. 2, Novak Djokovic in the second round.

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Novak Djokovic is likely making his last Olympic Games appearance and will be searching for his first gold medal. Djokovic won singles bronze at Beijing 2008 but a gold medal is the one prize he doesn't have won in his historic career. 

The Serbian, seeded No. 1, is set to face Australia’s Matthew Ebden. Ebden received a last-minute entry into the Games after Holger Rune announced his withdrawal from the men’s singles event on Wednesday due to his wrist injury.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, seeded No. 2, will begin his debut Olympic campaign against Lebanon’s Hady Habib. 20-year-old Alcaraz enters the tournament as the world ranked No. 3 and is the most in-form player in the world right now. He recently won both the 2024 French Open and Wimbledon titles. 

Reigning Olympic men’s champion Alexander Zverev will face Spain’s Jaume Munar in the first round. Zverev won gold in Tokyo after thrashing Khachanov in the final. He is also in form but has failed to clinch a single title this year after reaching three finals.

World No 1 Jannik Sinner was set to be the top seed in the men’s singles draw, and in the men’s doubles draw alongside fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti. But he pulled out due to illness. He is going to be a huge miss. Denmark’s Holger Rune and Poland's Hubert Hurkacz will also miss the Men's Singles. Two-time gold medalist Andy Murray pulled out from Singles before the seeding and said that he would only compete in the men’s doubles event. 

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Men's Singles Tennis draw for Paris Olympics 2024

World No 1 Jannik Sinner was set to be the top seed in the men’s singles draw, and in the men’s doubles draw alongside fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti. In Sinner's absence, Novak Djokovic is set to be the top seed in Men's singles at the Paris Olympics 2024. The brackets will feature 64 players, resulting in 16 seeded players. To win the gold, one must win six matches. The top 16 pre-seeded players won't face each other in the first two rounds. The players from the same country also cannot face each other in the first two rounds.

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Paris Olympics 2024 Men's Singles Seed

Novak Djokovic is likely making his last Olympic Games appearance and will be searching for his first gold medal. Djokovic won singles bronze at Beijing 2008 but a gold medal is the one prize he doesn't have won in his historic career.

The favourite for the gold is world No 3 and third seed, Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz is making his Olympic Games debut and coming after winning the French Open and Wimbledon, making him the most in-form player on tour.

Alexander Zverev is also a contender for the gold. World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev will compete as an authorized neutral athlete and is projected to be the fifth seed.

Men’s singles seeds (as of 22 July 2024)

1. 1) Jannik Sinner, Italy
2. Novak Djokovic, Serbia
3. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain
4. Alexander Zverev, Germany
5. Daniil Medvedev, Authorised Neutral Athlete
6. Alex de Minaur, Australia
7. Casper Ruud, Norway
8. Taylor Fritz, United States
9. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece
10. Tommy Paul, United States
11. Ugo Humbert, France
12. Holger Rune, Denmark
13. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy
14. Sebastian Baez, Argentina
15. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada
16. Arthur Fils, France

Jannik Sinner, the runner-up at Miami Open 2021 and 2023, won the Miami Open 2024 title by defeating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-1 in the men's singles final at the Hard Rock Stadium. 

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This is the third title for the world number 3 player this year after Australian Open and Rotterdam Indoors. Sinner's previous Masters 1000 title came in Toronto in 2023. He is 22-1 this season and is the first Italian to win the Miami Open. After this brilliant performance, Sinner will soon move up one place to number 2 in the ATP rankings. 

The 22-year-old converted two break points in the first set, in the fifth and ninth games, and finished the set in 42 minutes. In the second set, Sinner also got two breaks in the fourth and sixth games to take the score to 5–1. He then won in 1 hour and 13 minutes and won 88 percent of the first serve points (21 out of 24). 

Sinner finishes the hard court season in electric form. He has won 25 of his last 26 matches, the only defeat coming to Alcaraz in the semi-final of Indian Wells. 

On the other hand, Grigot Dimitrov will return to the top 10 after Miami Open final in Monday's rankings for the first time since October 2018. The 32-year-old's run to the final included a quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz and a semifinal victory over world number five Alexander Zverev. He beat top seed Alcaraz and German fourth seed Alexander Zverev in the ranking. 

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Meanwhile, in the women's singles, American Danielle Collins won the women’s title with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Kazakhstan’s fourth seed Elena Rybakina. In women’s doubles, Americans Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 in a third-set match tiebreaker. 

Second seed Jannick Sinner entered the final of the Miami Open with a victory over third seed Daniil Medvedev. Sinner will face 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov, who defeated fourth seed Alexander Zverev in the other semi-final. 

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Sinner showed a strong performance in the semi-finals and defeated Medvedev 6-1 6-2. While after defeating top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals, Dimitrov defeated Germany's Zverev 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in the semi-finals to reach the first Miami Open final. 

The result moved Dimitrov up to No. 9 in the ATP Live Rankings, marking his return to the top 10 in the ATP Rankings for the first time since November 2018. The gap of 260 weeks between their top 10 standings is the third longest in the history of the rankings. 

Dimitrov secured his 20th top-5 win in control of Zverev, who is bidding for his 11th ATP Masters 1000 final. The German is looking for his first final at that level since Madrid in 2022, his most recent hard-court Masters 1000 final was in Cincinnati in 2021.

Meanwhile, Sinner has only lost one match so far this season, falling to a last-four defeat at Indian Wells two weeks ago to eventual winner Carlos Alcaraz, and if he wins in Florida he will move up one place in the world rankings to number two - replacing the Spanish double Grand Slam champion. 

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When Jannik Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov meet in the final of the Miami Open presented by Itau, they’ll both be looking for their second career ATP Masters 1000 trophies.