Jannik Sinner Shows Dominance in Cincinnati
Jannik Sinner extended his winning streak on hard courts to 25 matches this Thursday, after a convincing victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open.
In his first tournament since winning his fourth Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Sinner, the world’s top-ranked player and defending champion, achieved a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Auger-Aliassime.
Auger-Aliassime had won his previous two matches against Sinner, but offered little resistance on Thursday, with Sinner starting and finishing the match with streaks of six consecutive games.
Sinner has not been defeated on his favorite surface since a defeat against Carlos Alcaraz in Beijing at the beginning of October last year.Other Quarterfinal Results
In other men’s quarterfinal matches, Holger Rune, seventh seed, was eliminated by Terence Atmane with a score of 6-2, 6-3. Ben Shelton, number 5, achieved a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jiri Lehecka, number 22, in a fourth-round match.Results in the Women’s Branch
In the women’s fourth round, Coco Gauff, the second seed, defeated Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti with a score of 6-2, 6-4 and will face the seventh seed Jasmine Paolini, who achieved an easy 6-1, 6-2 victory over former Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova.
