The No. 2 player in the PIF ATP Rankings prevailed 6-3, 6-4 against Auger-Aliassime to set a last-four meeting with Alexander Zverev<\/a>. The Italian, who extended his run of sets won at Masters 1000s to a record 37 before dropping a set to Tomas Machac<\/a> in the fourth round in Monaco, has now won 20 consecutive matches at that level: The \u2018Big Three\u2019 of Roger Federer<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Novak Djokovic<\/a> are the only other players to hit that tally in series history (since 1990). <\/p>\n Big 3 brilliance \ud83d\ude01@janniksin<\/a> posts his 20th successive Masters 1000 win to join Djokovic, Federer and Nadal as the only players to achieve the tally!@ROLEXMCMASTERS<\/a> | #RolexMonteCarloMasters<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GUOBlVLibo<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) April 10, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cI feel like it was a step forwards today,\u201d said Sinner, when asked how he felt compared to his win against Machac. \u201cIt was a very tough match. I knew I had to get better in certain areas. The serve is not there yet, where I would love it [to be], but all things considered I\u2019m very happy. Yesterday I was very tired. I recovered very well in this night\u2019s sleep. Let\u2019s see what\u2019s coming tomorrow, but in any case, very happy to be back in the semis.\u201d <\/p>\n With his quarter-final win, Sinner maintained his bid to reclaim World No. 1 from his great rival Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> after Monte-Carlo. Although Alcaraz is also into the semi-finals after he defeated Alexander Bublik<\/a> on Court Rainier III, the Italian can still guarantee his return to top spot by lifting the trophy on Sunday in Monaco. <\/p>\n You May Also Like: How Sinner can become World No. 1 in Monte-Carlo<\/a><\/p>\n Sinner claimed the only break of each set to complete a 92-minute triumph against Auger-Aliassime on Court Rainier III, where the Italian delivered a typically relentless display of baseline hitting. Now into his third Monte-Carlo semi-final, the 24-year-old will take on third seed Zverev on Saturday for a spot in the championship match after the German earlier overcame #NextGenATP Joao Fonseca<\/a> 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-3. <\/p>\n One moment perhaps indicative of the sort of form Sinner is in was the overhead he produced to claim his crucial break for 5-3 in the second set. The 26-time tour-level titlist dealt superbly with a high ball from Auger-Aliassime that ball-tracking technology later showed was dropping marginally long. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel like when you start with the intention to hit, I don\u2019t doubt,\u201d said Sinner. \u201cI\u2019d rather miss by going for it. It is a shot we try to improve. We are working on it a lot, even though from the outside it always seems like an easier shot, the smash. It\u2019s definitely not. Today with the weather and with the clouds, I feel a bit more confident to hit the serve. When it\u2019s blue skies, for example, I am someone that struggles a bit more, but I\u2019m happy that I made it.\u201d <\/p>\n Despite his own reservations about his serving performance, Sinner still won 79 per cent (26\/33) of points behind his first delivery against sixth seed Auger-Aliassime, according to Infosys ATP Stats. He has now won his past five matches with the Canadian and leads 5-2 in the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. <\/p>\n
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