By Chris Oddo | Monday August 11, 2025
Jannik Sinner continues to play like the person to beat on his favourite floor.
On Monday night time 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 finest laborious court docket successful streak to 23 victories.
Sinner, who will face both Tommy Paul or Adrian Mannarino subsequent, now holds the ninth-longest laborious court docket successful streak on the ATP Tour this century. His final loss on a tough court docket got here to Carlos Alcaraz in final yr’s Beijing ultimate.
The 23-year-old Italian has compiled a 62-3 file on laborious courts because the begin of 24, and he has received 21 consecutive laborious court docket 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 instances 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 complete, however nonetheless managed to discover a option to set level within the second set. That’s when Sinner hit one of many pictures 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 – sport, set and successful streak Sinner, who has now received 9 straight courting again to the beginning of his Wimbledon title run.
