Sinner Dismantles Zverev to Take Madrid and a Record Fifth Straight Masters 1000

Overview

• Sinner routed Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-2 in 57 minutes Sunday in Madrid to claim his first title at the Caja Mágica.
• The win was his fifth Masters 1000 in a row, a first on the ATP Tour, in a series that now includes 28 straight wins at this level.
• The Rome draw Monday set up a possible round-of-16 meeting with Arthur Fils, who lost to Sinner in the Madrid semifinals.
• He enters Rome, the last big stop before Roland-Garros, as the front-runner with Alcaraz out due to a right wrist injury.
• A Rome title would give Sinner wins at all nine Masters 1000 events and would also surpass Novak Djokovic’s 31-match Masters win streak.