Jannik Sinner continues to look unstoppable in New York.
The 24-year-old Italian, having a successful protection of the US Open title, Bulldozoi past Alexander Bublik on Monday, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1, to attack in the quarter-finals.
Bublik had included his first 59 games of tour service without breaking, but against the sinner who quickly climbed into the smoke. The Italian broke him eight times in 11 return matches and withdrew from one of the most dominant victories of the fourth round in the last memory.
Sinner has now won 11 consecutive matches in Flushing Meadows and has extended his Grand Slam Hard-up to 25. Since the beginning of 2024, he has accumulated a startling record 69–4 on the surface.
Next is the story: Sinner will be on stage against Lorenzo Musetti in the first quarter-finals of all-Italian men in the history of the Grand Slam Open era. For the sinner, it is a special occasion, but also the one who comes with increased responsibility.
“The pressure has always been there,” he said. “It will be very interesting to see clearly. It is a little different when playing … by me being Italian playing against another Italian, they are always slightly different matches. But at the same time, he is an amazing, very talented player.”
Masetti also had an easy time to Monday while ripping Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 of Spain, Spain.
For the first time in the history of the open era, many Italians have reached the quarter -finals in all four degrees.
“He’s playing a great tennis,” Sinner told Musetti. “He has fought a little during the season, but now he finds himself in an amazing form and form. The pressure is over me. But most of the time the pressure is a little more for me than in the opponent, so let’s see what is coming. I like these challenges. Great is great from an Italian point of view that there is, surely, an Italian playing a Grand Slam.”
Regarding the breakdown of the bublik, the sinner said he kept the simple things: focus on consistency, make him move and stay under the control of the physical battle. “Some days are good, and some days are not good,” he said. “Today I played some good tennis occasionally. Sometimes he gave me some free points. I just tried to stay as stable, and I think today was probably the key.”
