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tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nBy Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, April 9, 2026
Photo credit: Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Facebook<\/p>\n
Elite shotmakers like Jannik Sinner know tennis is a sport of balancing offensive aims with defensive stands.<\/p>\n
Tested by a bold Tomas Machac and a bout of dizziness, Sinner delivered authoritative antidote to both adversaries.<\/p>\n
Sinner charged through 12 consecutive points in the final set powering to a 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3 victory over Machac in a milestone Monte-Carlo match.<\/p>\n
A packed crowd that included Prince Albert, ATP Chief Andrea Gaudenzi and Johann Sinner, Jannik\u2019s father, saw Machac push the Wimbledon winner before Sinner elevated in a definitive closing run to post his 14th straight win.<\/p>\n
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World No. 2 Sinner saw his record run of 37 straight sets at the ATP Masters 1000 level snapped by Machac in a masterful tiebreaker today, but Sinner stretched his ATP Masters 1000 match winning streak to 19.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I can be happy,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cI was struggling a little bit, was a bit tired, I hope I can recover as well as I can tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI try to do the best every match I play. Most important was trying to get through somehow. I just try to perform in the best possible way and I think today it was still a very, very positive day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Continuing his quest to supplant rival Carlos Alcaraz as world No. 1, Paris Indoors, Indian Wells and Miami champion Sinner advanced to his 65th career Tour-level quarterfinal where he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in a Monte-Carlo rematch of the 2025 US Open semifinals.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecond set, I tried to find the right energy, but this can happen,\u201d Sinner said after being pushed to a third set in a Masters 1000 match since Shanghai last September. \u201cI tried to push myself through, which I\u2019ve done.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy. Now the main priory is to recovery. Tomorrow is going to be a tough match. Felix is playing great, especially on this surface.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, Auger-Aliassime led Casper Ruud, 7-5, 2-2, when the two-time French Open finalist was forced to retire with an apparent calf injury.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a major Masters moment for Auger-Aliassime, who completed the set of quarterfinals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events, becoming the first Canadian to achieve the feat in series history.<\/p>\n
The seventh-ranked Canadian advanced to his 67th Tour-level quarterfinal.<\/p>\n
Overall, the 24-year-old Sinner has beaten the 25-year-old Auger-Aliassime four times in a row to take a 4-2 lead in their head-to-head history.<\/p>\n
At Flushing Meadows last September, Sinner stopped Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the US Open final. A few months later, Sinner defeated Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6(4) in the Rolex Paris Masters Indoors final, starting his streak of three consecutive Masters 1000 championships.<\/p>\n
Machac opened a 40-Love lead only to see Sinner respond with a barrage of biting forehands that saw the Italian elicit errors to score the break.<\/p>\n
The second seed consolidated at love for a fast 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Twisting a topspin forehand winner crosscourt, Sinner surged to a 3-0 double-break lead after just 10 minutes of play.<\/p>\n
Across the net, Machac was struggling to find his range and keep the ball between the lines. Machah netted a forehand to face a break point in the fifth game. The man who partnered Katerina Siniakova to the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal pulled off a fantastic leaping high backhand volley off a challenging lob that helped him erase break point.<\/p>\n
Eighteen minutes into a lopsided match, Machac held on to get on the board at 1-4.<\/p>\n
Continuing to try to red-line his game, Machac hit himself into more misery. Sailing a forehand beyond the baseline, the Czech ended the 26-minute opener.<\/p>\n
A clean Sinner served 67 percent, won 12 of 15 points played on his serve and committed just eight unforced errors\u201410 fewer than Machac\u2014in a commanding opening set.<\/p>\n
That was Sinner\u2019s record-extending 37th consecutive set win at the ATP Masters 1000 level.<\/p>\n
Despite the first-set thrashing, you have to credit Machac for second-set creativity. A sliding Machac carved an exceptional backhand drop volley winner slathered with sidespin that helped him hold for 2-all in the second set.<\/p>\n
That shot seemed to spark Machac, who earned his first break point in the following game.<\/p>\n
Dropping back to receive a second serve, Machac put more air under a deep return. Striking off his back foot, Sinner netted a forehand. The Czech scored the break for a 3-2 second-set lead.<\/p>\n
Adelaide champion Machac swept a crosscourt forehand winner confirming the break at 15 for 4-2.<\/p>\n
In the opening set, the Czech barely won points on the Sinner serve.<\/p>\n
Dialing in his returns in the second set, Machac frequently fired rights right down the middle denying the second seed angles. Sinner sailed a forehand to face a break point in the seventh game.<\/p>\n
Asserting his all-court acumen, Machac made a snazzy sliding half-volley drop shot to score his second straight break for 5-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A reeling Sinner seemed to grimace as he took a tablet on the ensuing changeover. The lanky Italian\u2019s flagging energy level seemed to escape Machac.<\/p>\n
Serving to break Sinner\u2019s Masters\u2019 set streak, Machac basically rode himself right off the red dirt road committing three errors, including slapping a forehand into net, to gift one break back to Sinner in the eighth game.<\/p>\n
Deadlocked at 5-all, Sinner saved two break points, including the second when Machac netted a bold backhand down the line. Sinner stood tall holding for 6-5. Machac answered stamping a strong love hold to send the set into a tiebreaker.<\/p>\n
Sinner\u2019s 37-set Masters 1000 streak was on the line, but Machac took total charge of the tiebreaker to shatter the streak.<\/p>\n
One hundred and eighty-five days since Sinner\u2019s last ATP Masters 1000 set loss\u2014a 7-6(3), 5-7, 2-3, retired defeat to Tallon Griekspoor in Shanghai last September\u2014he double faulted wide to face four set points.<\/p>\n
On his second set point, Machac turned his shoulders into a stinging backhand strike crosscourt to snatch the second set and snap Sinner\u2019s 27-set Masters 1000 winning streak.<\/p>\n
How would Sinner respond physically?<\/p>\n
And could Machac maintain his highly aggressive second-set style amid severe third-set stress?<\/p>\n
Any thoughts the Sunshine Double champion would fade were answered at the outset of the decider.<\/p>\n
Hitting his forehand with ferocity, Sinner stormed through 12 straight points backing up a love break with a shutout hold for 3-1.<\/p>\n
After Machac held for 2-3 both men took visits from physio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stabilizing after that second-set bout of dizziness, Siner stabilized holding at 30 for 5-3.<\/p>\n
A valiant effort from the Czech dissolved as Machac netted a serve-volley attempt then flew a forehand to face triple match point.<\/p>\n
Sinner drained one final error closing his 19th consecutive Masters 1000 win and 14th straight win this year improving to 21-2 on the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, April 9, 2026Photo credit: Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Facebook Elite shotmakers like Jannik Sinner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-592808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}