NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner dominated the one participant apart from Carlos Alcaraz who has defeated him this season, routing Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday evening to return to the U.S. Open quarterfinals.
The highest-seeded Sinner’s victory took simply 1 hour, 21 minutes, the second-shortest accomplished match within the match. A primary-round victory for Tomas Machac was a minute shorter.
Sinner misplaced to Bublik in June in Halle, Germany, in a warm-up match earlier than Wimbledon, however that was performed on a grass courtroom. Making an attempt to beat the defending U.S. Open champion on a tough courtroom is a wholly completely different story — and nearly unimaginable nowadays.
Sinner has gained 25 straight Grand Slam matches on that floor, together with the final two Australian Open titles, alongside together with his first U.S. Open trophy final yr.
He’ll face fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No. 10 seed, on Wednesday. The opposite quarterfinal that day will pit No. 8 Alex de Minaur towards No. 25 Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Bublik, the No. 23 seed from Kazakhstan, had been one of many hottest gamers in tennis, with an ATP Tour-leading 11 straight victories and three titles, which is tied for the second-best this yr behind Alcaraz’s six.
He had gained all 55 service video games coming into this match, but Sinner broke him eight instances.
Bublik may solely smile at instances, together with after the match, when he appeared to inform Sinner that he isn’t that unhealthy of a participant.
Sinner improved to 35-4 this yr. Alcaraz beat him within the French Open closing and in addition in Rome and Cincinnati — the place Sinner was ailing and needed to cease enjoying within the first set.
