{"id":71335,"date":"2025-08-15T10:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71335\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:07:11","slug":"jannik-sinner-becomes-fifth-male-tennis-player-this-century-to-achieve-impressive-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71335\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner becomes fifth male tennis player this century to achieve impressive feat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner maintained his strong run of form and made a bit of history as he beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open.<\/p>\n

The Italian top seed dismantled his opponent 6-0 6-2 in just over 70 minutes at the ATP<\/a> Masters 1000 event on Thursday (August 14).<\/p>\n

The victory was an important one for Sinner as he had lost all three previous matches against his Canadian opponent.<\/p>\n

The reigning champion in Cincinnati displayed pure domination during the contest, with a break landed by\u00a0Auger Aliassime in the Italian’s first service game of the second set the only blip\u00a0of a commanding performance.<\/p>\n

Sinner is playing in his first tournament since winning Wimbledon<\/a> for the first time last month as he chose to skip the Canadian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The four-time Grand Slam winner was very pleased with his efficient showing on Thursday, saying: “I felt like I was returning very well. That was my key point, which gave me the confidence to serve well.”<\/p>\n

“I had a small drop in the second set when he broke me. I’m happy I broke him back quite early. I felt like I was performing some great tennis,” the 23-year-old added.<\/p>\n

Excited to be back in the semifinals \ud83e\udd1d\ud83c\udffb @CincyTennis<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ckOY61PpST<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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The world no. 1 will take on unseeded Frenchman Terance Atmane on Saturday (August 16), for a place in the final.<\/p>\n

Sinner joins elite company after beating Auger-Aliassime<\/p>\n

This latest win means Sinner has extended his winning run on the hard court surface to 25 matches, with the streak beginning back at the 2024 Shanghai Masters.<\/p>\n

This makes him just the fifth male tennis<\/a> player this century to achieve this, with the other names being Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and one of his current main competitors, Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n

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This is elite company for Sinner to be in as those four players are regarded as the best male competitors of the past two decades, with a total of 69 Grand Slam titles between them.<\/p>\n

Federer and Djokovic achieved the feat three times each, while Nadal and Murray both managed it once.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sinner still has some way to go to match the overall winning record of 56 consecutive hard court wins, which Federer set between 2005-2006.<\/p>\n

While Sinner excels on all surfaces, hard courts are where he appears at his most dangerous and dominant, with three of his Grand Slam titles being won on the surface.<\/p>\n

Once the Cincinnati Open concludes, the Italian will gear up for the imminent defence of his US Open title in New York City.<\/p>\n

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