Australian Open 2024 in pictures: How Italy celebrated Jannik Sinner's 47-year drought-breaking win

On the other side of the world in Turin, the 'Carota Boys' finally got their day in the sun.

In the early hours of Sunday morning in Italy, the dedicated fans dressed as carrots celebrated as their man Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open.

At just 22 years and 165 days, he is the youngest Australian Open winner since 2008 when Novak Djokovic won the title aged 20 years and 250 days.

Until this year, the 'Carota Boys' had attended every grand slam except the Australian Open.

They were among the throngs of one million fans who packed into Melbourne Park this year but unfortunately couldn't stay for the final.

Instead, they converged on Nuvola Lavazza to watch the fina unfolded before them with other Sinner superfans.

"It means a lot," said Sinner of his fans.

"Maybe the most important. Because the support I get throughout now already years, it's incredible. 

"Being able to make them happy today, because I feel like that they push me also, that I can believe in myself and then having so much support, it's amazing.

"That's the reason why you play in one way, because when the stadium is packed, 15,000 people, they are cheering for you or for your opponent. It's an amazing feeling just to go on court.

"When you're in tough situation, you want to make a good match also. Like today, I was going so fast, I was two sets to love down, but all the people who came there to watch, I was, like, I have to at least trying to make it a match somehow, and that was today's case."

Sinner is the first Italian since Adriano Panatta to win a grand slam.

In 1976, Panatta defeated Harold Solomon at Roland-Garros.

Jannik Sinner poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup just 12 hours after winning the Australian Open.

Sinner revealed his post-match celebrations were fairly muted.

He and his team had dinner but didn't sleep much between the win and Monday morning's press conference.

With victory in the 2024 Australian Open, Jannik Sinner emerges from the woods as a bona fide contender.

If history is anything to go by, the Italian is poised for a brilliant career ahead.

Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Sinner all won their first Australian Open at 22 years and five months.

Sinner is the first player not named Djokovic, Nadal, or Federer to win the Australian Open since Stan Wawrinka in 2014.

Jannik Sinner climbed into the grandstands inside Rod Laver Arena to celebrate victory with his coaching team.

Among the Sinner supporters was his Australian coach Darren Cahill.

"My team there, everyone who is in this box and not only watching from home who works with me, we are trying to get better every day," said Sinner.

"Even during the tournament, we try to get stronger, try to understand every situation a little bit better, so I am so glad to have you there supporting me, understanding me.

"Sometimes it's not easy because I am still a little bit young. It is what it is. I just want to thank everyone."

Just two years after losing to Rafael Nadal from two sets up, Daniil Medvedev found himself in the same spot - this time, against Jannik Sinner.

The moment Jannik Sinner became champion.

The Italian collapsed to the ground after the most unlikely of wins.

Daniil Medvedev wound up more than a day's worth of time on the court.

The impact began to wear on the Russian, who tried as best as he could to find time to rest.

He cheekily took a break after a game to change clothes and shoes, resulting in a time violation.

As the Australian Open final wore on, the sheer toll began to show.

Here, Daniil Medvedev is keeled over deep in the fifth set as defeat looms.

Jannik Sinner wipes his brow on his journey to the unthinkable, becoming only the eighth player to win a grand slam title from two sets down.

In doing so, he joins elite company including the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, and Bjorn Borg.

Daniil Medvedev looked to have the match sewn up early after taking the first two sets, 6-3, 6-3.

In a devastating turn, the scenes of 2022 against Rafael Nadal repeated as he conceded three straight sets to suffer an agonising defeat.

Coming into the Australian Open decider, Jannik Sinner had never contested a grand slam final.

Daniil Medvedev, by contrast, had six finals under his belt but just one win.

After her spectacular entrance in 2023 when she arrived at the Royal Botanic Gardens in a boat, Aryna Sabalenka's effort this year was a little more subdued.

Still, she shone in a stunning, white, sleeveless dress as she posed with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus sprays champagne the morning after winning the Australian Open for the second year in a row.

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden collapse after defeating Italian duo Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori in the men's doubles final.

Bopanna made history by becoming the oldest grand slam winner at 43 years old.

It was Ebden's second grand slam win after taking out Wimbledon in 2022. 

Hsieh Su-Wei won her second title at this year's Australian Open.

After winning the mixed doubles with Jan Zielinski on Friday, a day later she claimed victory in the women's doubles with Elise Mertens.

It's the third women's doubles grand slam win after winning Roland-Garros with Wang Xinyu and Wimbledon with Barbora Strycova.

Jelena Ostapenko (right) of Latvia and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok did little to hide how they felt after losing the women's doubles final.

It was the first time either had played in a grand slam women's doubles final.

Aryna Sabalenka had a hilarious interaction with her team after a stellar 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng Qinwen in the Australian Open final, patting coach Jason Stacy's head.

The world No.2 has been signing one of her team's head's as part of her warmup routine before each match, so it was only fitting that she thanked her lucky charm after winning back-to-back Australian.

"Thank you so much for being by my side, no matter what. I think I have everything. I have forgotten what I wanted to say but without you, I would not be able to achieve so much in this sport," Sabalenka said in her acceptance speech.

"But without me, you would not be that good as well. Let's accept that."

Sabalenka spoke to Nine post-match about the antics of her team.

"Hey Jason, your head is super famous right now, we can sell it!"

Aryna Sabalenka poses with the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after her dominant win over China's Zheng Qinwen.

The 25-year-old set out to win two grand slams before she turned 26, doing just that on Rod Laver Arena on Saturday night.

Aryna Sabalenka tore apart China's 21-year-old 12th seed Zheng Qinwen to win her second consecutive Australian Open title and etch her name into the history books.

She starts the celebrations with a fist pump.

Aryna Sabalenka did not drop a single set during her dominant Australian Open tournament.

Her 6-3, 6-2 win in the final over Zheng Qinwen topped off a stunning summer at Melbourne Park. In this shot she demonstrates her athleticism.

Zheng was forced to halt her serve due to a disturbance inside the stadium.

The 21-year-old was unable to win a set against world No.2 Aryna Sabalenka.

"I'm sure there's going to be more and better in the future," she said post loss.