Jannik Sinner claimed his fastest Grand Slam victory with a brutal destruction by Alexander Bublik in the fourth round of the US Open.
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The unpredictable Kazakh is the only other player than Carlos Alcaraz who has defeated the sinner in the last 12 months, and does this on Gras in Halle. In his pre-match interview, Bublik said that his goal was not to lose his first service game, but he did exactly and did not help himself with 13 double errors and one with two forearms in the first set-to-go he served seven times. There were also far too many mistakes from the land of Bublik, which at least increased his level in the third set, only for Sinner to answer with interest.
Bublik could do nothing but smile at some of the winners of the defending champion, although the fans who had paid hundreds of dollars for a ticket, may not feel so grateful.
Sinner called Bublik’s long battle with Tommy Paul in the previous round in mitigation and said: “He had a very tough match the last game. He did not serve as well as he usually. I am very happy. The first time this year I can play the night game here and it makes so big difference.”
Sinner’s winning run at Hard-Court Grand Slams is now on 25 matches-Slechts two shortage of the best of Novak Djokovic-en He will compete against Lorenzo Musetti in the last eight in the first quarter final of all-Italian gentlemen on a Grand Slam.
“It’s great to see,” said the best seed. “Italian tennis is now in great form. Lorenzo is perhaps one of the greatest talents we have in our sport. From an Italian point of view it is great to have one Italian player in the semi -final.”
Tenth seed Musetti has his best run at Flushing Meadows and was almost as dominant as Sinner and defeated Spain Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-0, 6-1.
Alex de Minaur hops that he can finally break the quarterfinal barrier of the Grand Slam after setting up a last eight collision with Felix Auger-Aliassime earlier in the day. The Australian is for the fifth time until this round in his last seven major tournaments and the sixth time in general, but he has never been further.
In the other quarterfinals of the men, Novak Djokovic will be confronted with Home Hope Taylor Fritz, while the 2022 champion, Carlos Alcaraz, Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic plays.
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