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From the California desert to Miami; Monte Carlo to Madrid; and the red clay of Rome, too, nobody has been able to beat Jannik Sinner for three full months.
The 19th-ranked American was scheduled to play at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she won the title in 2024.
The top-ranked Sinner’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday’s final on the red clay of the Foro Italico also made him only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events — the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams.
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Most tennis players — even some of the very best ones — have days where they struggle and don’t feel the ball the way that they want to. For top-ranked Jannik Sinner, those types of days are getting rarer and rarer.
A group of leading players including Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have expressed “their deep disappointment” at the level on prize money at Roland Garros amid a lingering dispute with Grand Slam tournament organizers.
Sinner beat the third-ranked Zverev 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday for his 23rd straight win.
The Italian’s 350th career victory makes him the first man born in the 2000s to reach that milestone.
The 36-year-old missed the Australian Open in January with right shoulder pain and has been affected by injuries the last several years. He also missed last year’s U.S. Open.
Alexander Blockx became the fourth lowest-ranked player to reach the semifinals in Madrid.
Carlos Alcaraz, who holds the Australian, French and U.S. Open titles, was in the stands at Court 7 as Jaime Alcaraz defeated fellow Spaniard Pol Mas.
The 19-year-old Jódar has been quickly rising up the rankings and had impressed in Madrid with victories against better-ranked opponents.
Anastasia Potapova said she got a huge boost when her boyfriend, Dutch player Tallon Griekspoor, arrived to watch.
