Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Zverev – Australian Open men’s final: Live score and set-by-set updates as awkward moment Alexander Zverev is interrupted by a heckler during runner-up speech after being thrashed in straight sets

Alexander Zverev has just vented his fury by smashing up his racket.

It came after Jannik Sinner had claimed the second set, with the German, who has not had a breakpoint in this match, took a commanding lead.

Zverev had previously fumed to the chair umpire that he had asked his rackets to be strung an hour before the match but he had never received the rackets.

Zverev told the chair umpire that he needed the rackets ‘now’ and asked if he could get a second one…