By Chris Oddo | Monday August 11, 2025
Jannik Sinner continues to play like the person to beat on his favourite floor.
On Monday evening in Cincinnati the top-seeded Italian battled previous Canadian Gabriel Diallo 6-2 7-6(6) to succeed in the spherical of 16 and stretch his profession greatest arduous courtroom successful streak to 23 victories.
Sinner, who will face both Tommy Paul or Adrian Mannarino subsequent, now holds the ninth-longest arduous courtroom successful streak on the ATP Tour this century. His final loss on a tough courtroom got here to Carlos Alcaraz in final yr’s Beijing remaining.
The 23-year-old Italian has compiled a 62-3 document on arduous courts because the begin of 24, and he has gained 21 consecutive arduous courtroom matches on the majors, successful titles on the Aussie Open in 2024 and 2025, and the US Open in 2024.
Sinner was pushed by 23-year-old Diallo at occasions on Monday, however the Canadian was unable to keep away from hurting himself with double-faults and a few ill-timed errors.
He hit ten double-faults in whole, however nonetheless managed to discover a method to set level within the second set. That’s when Sinner hit one of many photographs of the night, a depraved first-serve return that made a beeline for Diallo’s shoelaces. The Canadian misplaced that time, and the following two – recreation, set and successful streak Sinner, who has now gained 9 straight relationship again to the beginning of his Wimbledon title run.
