Overview
- Sinner, who beat Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday, advanced to the Italian Open semi-finals and broke Novak Djokovic’s 2011 benchmark by moving to 32 consecutive Masters 1000 wins.
- He now awaits Daniil Medvedev or Martin Landaluce, with Carlos Alcaraz out with a wrist injury and several top seeds already out of Rome.
- A Rome title would make him only the second man to win all nine Masters 1000 events and the first Italian men’s champion in Rome since 1976.
- Sinner said he does not play for records and that recovering physically for the night semi-final is his top priority after a windy match and a week of late finishes he dislikes.
- His Rublev match was his 150th at this level, and OptaAce notes he has won 121 of those, a rate second only to Rafael Nadal since Masters 1000 events sit just below the Grand Slams.