Top seed Jannik Sinner cruised into his 11th career Grand Slam quarterfinal and third in Roland Garros with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 rout of No.17 seed Andrey Rublev.
This was Sinner's 18th consecutive match win at a Grand Slam tournament. Sinner has dropped just 30 games in 12 sets in Paris so far &mdash; and by extending his winning streak at Grand Slam events to 18, the world No.1 has tied Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Mats Wilander for the ninth-longest unbeaten run in the Open era.
Four more wins would secure him not only a first Roland-Garros title in the process, but sole possession of seventh place on that illustrious list. Sinner&rsquo;s win also gives him sole possession of the most major victories for an Italian man in the Open era.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very, very happy. We both know each other very well&hellip; we&rsquo;ve played each other so many times, so we try to change up a little bit our game style, and I&rsquo;m very happy. Things can go very quickly in a bad way in best-of-five; they can go so long, so I&rsquo;m very happy and proud to finish in three," Sinner said.
Bidding for his own third Roland-Garros quarterfinal, and first since 2022, Rublev kept a first-strike mentality throughout the match &mdash; but was summarily dismissed by Sinner&rsquo;s own strikes as the Italian wrapped up the first set in a half hour.
Sinner hit 25 winners in three sets, never lost serve in the two-hour match, and only faced one break point combined in the last two sets. That came at 2-2 in the third set, but Rublev couldn&rsquo;t find the court with a backhand return off a second-serve &mdash; one of 39 unforced errors the No.17 seed totalled in the match. Sinner hit just 19, Roland Garros reports.
Sinner, who on Monday began his 52nd consecutive week at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, will next play Alexander Bublik, whom he leads 3-1 in their ATP Head2Head series. The World No. 62 Bublik earlier upset fifth seed Jack Draper to become the first Kazakhstani man to reach a singles Grand Slam quarter-final in history.
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Jannik Sinner said he was happy and proud to finish in three, as things can turn quickly in best-of-five matches

Sinner Beats Rublev, Reaches Roland Garros Quarterfinals

Jannik Sinner said he was happy and proud to finish in three, as things can turn quickly in best-of-five matches

June 3, 2025 | 15:58 IST