The 24-year-old Italian delivered a razor-sharp performance from the outset to dismantle Arthur Fils<\/a> 6-2, 6-4 and reach his fifth consecutive final at Masters 1000 level. Sinner, who is aiming to become the first man in history to win five straight titles at this level, completed a polished semi-final victory inside Manolo Santana Stadium after 85 minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cI tried to be very aggressive,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cI felt very comfortable on the return. In the second set, he started to serve better, so it was more difficult. But I\u2019m very happy about the general performance today. I\u2019m trying to play the best possible tennis, but today was a very good day in the office.\u201d<\/p>\n Fresh from a clinical quarter-final win over fast-rising 19-year-old Rafael Jodar<\/a>, where the Madrid native struck with fearless aggression, Sinner carried that same relentless precision into his clash with Fils. The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings stretched the Frenchman corner to corner with unerring accuracy, firing 17 winners to Fils\u2019 10 in a dominant display.<\/p>\n Sinner will meet two-time Madrid champion Alexander Zverev<\/a> or 21-year-old Belgian Alexander Blockx<\/a> in Sunday\u2019s final. Their semi-final is scheduled for not before 8 p.m. on Friday evening.<\/p>\n Following his run to a second Masters 1000 semi-final, Fils has jumped eight spots to No. 17 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings. The former World No. 14 last year suffered a back injury, which kept him out for eight months before returning to action in Montpellier in February.<\/p>\n Entering the match on a nine-match winning streak, highlighted by his ATP 500 triumph in Barcelona, Fils struggled to withstand Sinner\u2019s relentless pressure. The Italian dropped just three of 24 first-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and did not face a break point.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew it before the match: He is one of the best players in the world at the moment,\u201d Sinner said of Fils, who is fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. \u201cI\u2019m very happy that I played against him. He is very good for tennis, for the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n With his victory, Sinner became the fourth \u2014 and youngest \u2014 man to reach the final at all nine Masters 1000 events, joining Novak Djokovic<\/a> (25y), Rafael Nadal<\/a> (27y) and Roger Federer<\/a> (30y). He has now won 27 consecutive matches at this level, a streak that includes titles in Paris last year and Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madrid Sinner swats aside Fils in Madrid SF, closes in on history World No. 1, chasing fifth straight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-641278","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\/641278","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=641278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u201cATP](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/atp-fantasy-article-banner.jpg\")
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