The No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings proved too consistent and clinical for the No. 169-ranked Dane Moller, who was facing a Top-10 player for the first time. Sinner powered his way to a one-hour, 17-minute third-round triumph inside Manolo Santana Stadium to extend his Masters 1000 winning streak to 24 matches, the fourth longest in series history (since 1990). <\/p>\n
Taking care of business \ud83d\udc4d@janniksin<\/a> defeats Moller to continue his quest in Madrid.@MutuaMadridOpen<\/a> | #MMOPEN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/fmda700TTP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) April 26, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Now 26-2 for the season, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, Sinner is just four wins away from becoming the first player to win five consecutive Masters 1000 crowns. The 24-year-old, who is looking to back up his recent titles in Paris (last November), Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo, will take on 19th seed Cameron Norrie<\/a> or Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/a> for a quarter-final spot in Madrid. <\/p>\n \u201cI tried to stay calm and serve well in important moments,\u201d Sinner said in his on-court interview. \u201cI think that was the key today. There was not a lot of rhythm, so I tried to stay quite compact. Let\u2019s see what\u2019s coming in the next round.\u201d <\/p>\n You May Also Like: Sinner has flipped the World No. 1 battle, now aims to pull away on clay<\/a><\/p>\n Sinner made a rapid start to his maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with the 22-year-old Moller. The Italian reeled off four consecutive games from 1-1 in the opening set and, although Moller inflicted a rare break of serve on Sinner in the seventh game, the World No. 1 earned a third break of his own to take the set. <\/p>\n Moller had taken a medical timeout at 2-5, when he received treatment on his abdominal area from the tournament physio, but the Dane continued to compete admirably into the second half of the match. Moller particularly found rhythm on his backhand, his standout shot with which he has soared towards the World\u2019s Top 100, in the second set. <\/p>\n That was not enough to deny Sinner a straight-sets victory, however. Moller delivered costly back-to-back double faults from deuce at 2-3 to hand the World No. 1 a decisive break, and Sinner made no mistake from there in wrapping a win in which he converted four of nine break points he earned. <\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s fellow Top-10 Italian Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> also advanced to the fourth round on Sunday by overcoming Tallon Griekspoor<\/a> 6-4, 7-5. The sixth-seeded Musetti broke Griekspoor\u2019s serve twice in each set to return to the Madrid round of 16 for the third time. <\/p>\n Musetti\u2019s next opponent at the Caja Magica will be 11th seed Jiri Lehecka<\/a>, who eased past Alex Michelsen<\/a> 6-4, 6-2. Lehecka is a former semi-finalist in Madrid, having reached that stage in 2024, and he will head into Tuesday\u2019s fourth-round meeting leading 2-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Musetti. However, Musetti won the pair\u2019s only previous meeting on clay, at the 2025 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a>. <\/p>\n![\"\u201cATP](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/atp-fantasy-article-banner.jpg\")
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