By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 29, 2025Photo credit score: Rolex Paris Masters Fb
Masters Sequence tennis a turf battle over the tour’s most useful actual property.
All through his profession, Jannik Sinner has struggled to stake a declare on the Rolex Paris Masters.
At the moment, Sinners squeezed Zizou Bergs proper out of the neighborhood.
Hovering across the baseline like a house inspector, Sinner displaced Bergs 6-4, 6-2 in his Paris opener at this time.
It’s Sinner’s twenty second consecutive victory on indoor laborious courts, coming three days after he rallied previous second-seeded Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to seize his twenty second profession championship in Vienna on Sunday.
Although Sinner held championship factors earlier than bowing to Carlos Alcaraz in an exhilarating Roland Garros closing in June, neither of the world’s two have loved a lot success at this Paris Indoors.
Yesterday, Cameron Norrie shocked a sloppy Alcaraz 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. At the moment, Sinner scored his second profession win on the Paris Masters.
The second-ranked Sinner can surpass Alcaraz for the world No. 1 rating if he wins the Paris title on Sunday. Even when he doesn’t rule Paris, Sinner is keen to set himself as much as launch his ATP Finals title protection in Turin subsequent month, posting his sixth straight Tour-level win to enhance to 49-6 on the season.
Off & operating 🏃
The second @janniksin stretched his indoor laborious court docket successful streak to 22 together with his win over Zizou Bergs. #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/IaSIF6RI2C
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 29, 2025
Posing stress from the primary recreation, Sinner dragged Bergs via a bodily 13-minute opener. Rifling a forehand return winner for a fifth break level, Sinner broke for a 1-0 lead when Bergs netted a forehand ending a 13-minute battle.
About 90 seconds later, the Wimbledon winner breezed via a love maintain for a 2-0 lead.
Straddling the baseline, Sinner was usually slamming again even deep drives from Bergs taking the ball on the rise.
Sinner served out a aggressive 51-minute opening set at 30.
The second-seeded Sinner served 72 % and received 20 of 25 factors performed on his serves. After dropping that bodily 13-minute opening recreation to go down a break, Bergs performed a top quality opening set exhibiting each versatility and fortitude.
The Belgian saved six of seven break factors within the first set, however resistance hit a highway block to start out the second set.
Although Bergs banged an ace to save lots of his eighth break level of the match, he let a cross go by and winced because it landed on the road to face a 3rd break level to start out set two.
Slamming an inside-out forehand, Sinner streaked ahead to dam a forehand volley breaking for 1-0.
The four-time Grand Slam champion backed up the break at 15 for 2-0.
Sinner spent the remainder of the set commanding the middle of the court docket as he served out his opening match in a single hour, 27 minutes.
What. A. Level! 🙌
What a LEAVE 👁️@janniksin @ZizouBergs #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/mtSWMiaJRH
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 29, 2025
Subsequent up for Sinner is a showdown vs. Francisco Cerundolo, who edged Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(4). Cerundolo cracked 14 aces and saved seven of 11 break factors in a two hour, 26-minute win.
The 24-year-old Sinner is 3-2 lifetime vs. Cerundolo although each of the Argentinean’s wins have come at this Masters 1000 degree. Cerundolo beat Sinner on the 2023 Rome and 2022 Miami Masters 1000.
