Sinner rebuffs Rublev with R4 Roland Garros clinic

Jannik Sinner laid down another major marker Monday at Roland Garros, where he blitzed Andrey Rublev to reach the quarter-finals.

The top-seeded Sinner prevailed 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 in a heavy-hitting clash under the evening sunset on Court Philippe-Chatrier, where he displayed scintillating movement and tactical awareness. Rublev stuck to his aggressive game plan, but Sinner offered no way through as he fired 25 winners en route to his third quarter-final at the clay-court major.

“I’m very, very happy, because things can go quickly in a bad way, especially in best of five,” Sinner said in his on-court interview. “They can go so long, so I’m very happy to finish in three. Night sessions here in Paris are always amazing, so thank you all for coming.”

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Rublev issued a statement in the opening game by striking three forehand winners to carve out two break points, but it proved to do nothing more than alert Sinner, who produced a trademark response. He saved each with some typically assured baseline hitting before racing through a 30-minute first set, which set the tone for the rest of the clash.

By extending his winning streak at Grand Slam events to 18 matches, Sinner tied Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Mats Wilander for the ninth-longest streak in the Open Era. The reigning US Open and Australian Open champion is chasing his third consecutive major title, and first at Roland Garros.

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Known for his aggressive style, Rublev found little success against Sinner, who dismissed anything in his strike zone. The Italian went toe to toe with Rublev from the baseline before often earning the short ball and delivering a series of punishing winners from each wing.

Sinner, who on Monday began his 52nd consecutive week at No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, will next play Alexander Bublik, whom he leads 3-1 in their Lexus 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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While Sinner was ruthless in all departments, he was particularly potent against Rublev’s second serve, highlighted by a blistering inside-in forehand return winner en route to breaking serve to clinch the second set. He also dropped just eight of 42 points behind his own first serve, according to Infosys Stats, during the fourth-round clash.

“We changed it before this tournament,” Sinner said when asked about his return position. “I felt like I was out of rhythm, so this [position] gives me more rhythm, trying to go more through the ball, especially on the first serves. On the second-serve returns, I try to change it up from the back and go in close. From the back it was working well today.”

By joining Frances Tiafoe and Novak Djokovic as the only men to reach the quarter-finals without dropping a set, Sinner also improved to 20-5 at Roland Garros. He reached the semi-finals last year but fell to rival Carlos Alcaraz in a five-set battle.