The top-seeded Sinner is a 23-year-old from Italy who can become the youngest man to win two consecutive trophies at Melbourne Park since Jim Courier in 1992 and 1993.

Noman Ali became Pakistan's first spinner to take a test hat-trick as the West Indies were bowled out for 163 in the first innings of the second test in Multan on Saturday as the tourists were dismissed by lunch.

Zverev will face defending Australian Open champion and No. 1 seed Jannik Sinner, who beat American Ben Shelton 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2, in Sunday's final. Zverev is pursuing his first major tournament title.