Jannik Sinner continued his imperious 2025 French Open title charge as he dismantled Alexander Bublik with a ruthless display in the quarter-finals.
The world No 1, who is yet to drop a set in his Roland Garros run, steamrolled 62nd-ranked Bublik 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 in an hour and 49 minutes.
Sinner broke the big-serving Bublik six times and saved the only two break points he faced. The Italian has not dropped serve since his opening round match against Arthur Rinderknech.
After his latest dominant win, Sinner said: “Well, we played already a couple of times before, so we know a little but what to expect. But you know the way with him, you never know what’s happening.
“I feel like he deserves to be in the quarter-finals, he beat very, very tough players. So I just tried to stay focused from my side of the court and just tried to play as solid as possible because he can have some slightly ups and downs.
“So I just tried to stay consistent throughout the match, I’m trying to serve very well in important moments, which I’ve done.
“So yeah, it was a good performance from my side because it’s also a bit windy and breezy, so things can be very complicated. Today, I warmed up with the roof closed because it was raining, then the sun came out, so a lot of different challenges on court, but I’m very happy.”
“We work a lot on having a good balance with my body, but against these kind of players, you have to be very consistent because if you make a lot of mistakes, it’s already a game where if we both serve very well, there are not so many rallies, so I tried to get rhythm with the rallies.
“But again, very happy with how I arrived to the semis, semi-finals in Grand Slams are very special. So I’m looking forward to it and let’s see what’s coming.”
Asked if he changes his racket tension to adjust to conditions, Sinner explained: “We always have some discussions with my team, I never really change the tension because I feel like I have a good feel with it so I don’t want to mess around as much.
“There are players, they change always, every day, but again, it shows that everyone is different. I just try to give the best I can, 100%, staying there with the right attitude, the mindset.”
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Sinner has now won 19 consecutive Grand Slam matches — a streak that, as well as his five Roland Garros wins, features his title runs at the 2025 Australian Open and the 2024 US Open.
The 23-year-old is the youngest man to win that many successive matches at majors since Rafael Nadal in 2008.
Nadal triumphed at the French Open and Wimbledon in 2008 before his Grand Slam streak ended with a US Open semi-final defeat.
Sinner is also the third youngest male player to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open and the French Open in back-to-back years after Jim Courier and Mats Wilander.
The Italian star will face either Alexander Zverev or Novak Djokovic in what promises to be a blockbuster semi-final clash.
Asked if he will watch the quarter-final between Zverev and Djokovic, the three-time Grand Slam champion said: “I think we will all a little bit watch, for sure.
“But in the other way, I also try to switch off my head because on Grand Slams, you are there always mentally and two weeks are very long events.
“I just try to go for dinner, trying to relax, trying to recover. It’s going to be a great match the next one, hopefully I will be ready. We all hope for a high-quality match, that’s what the fans want.”
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