NEW YORK – Janik Sinner dominated the only player other than Carlos Alkaraz, who defeated him this season, and returned to the US Open Quarter Finals with Alexander Babrik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday night.
The top seed sinner took just an hour and 21 minutes to win. This was the second completed in the tournament and the second completed in Shorta. Thomas Machuk’s first round victory was a bit short.
“Today I felt like I was playing great tennis and I was able to break him very quickly, so it gave me a bit more service and gave me the confidence to play from behind the court,” Sinner said.
“It was a faster or faster match.”
Thinner was defeated by Babrik in June at the German Halle in the warm-up tournament before Wimbledon, but it took place on Grass Court. Trying to beat the US Open Champion defending on the hard court is another story, and it’s almost impossible these days.
Thinner, who also won the last two Australian Open titles, extended his hard court grand slam victory to 25 games, tying John McEnroe with the fifth longest winning streak for everyone.
Sinner’s three drop games are the fewest in two weeks’ matches at Flushing Meadows since the 2015 semi-finals when Novak Jjokovic beats Marin Cilic 6-0, 6-1 and 6-2. It tied together the fewest games lost in Thinner’s major career (6-0, 6-1, 6-2 vs. Gili Lehecca in the third round of France’s Open in 2025).
The sinner will face Italy’s 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti on Wednesday. Another quarterfinal that day was No. Pits 8 and 8 against 25 Felix Auger Ariashime.
Kazakhstan’s No. 23 seed Bublik was one of the hottest players to win 11 straight wins and three titles leading the ATP Tour.
He won all 55 service games to participate in this match, but the sinner broke him eight times.
Bublik could only smile when he told Sinner online, “I’m not bad,” including after the match.
But he was not very good for the sinners. He had an 86-46 advantage in points. Bublik supported by committing 13 double faults.
Thinner said Babrik won No. 14 seed Tommy Paul on Saturday night with a five-set victory and attempted to test his energy levels in the first night of the tournament on Monday.
“I tried to move him and see how he moved and put that on the physical side more,” Thinner said. “Today I played some good tennis occasionally. Sometimes he gave me some free points.”
The sinners have improved to 35-4 this year. Alcaraz beat him in the French Open Finals and Rome and Cincinnati – the sinner was sick and had to stop playing in the first set.
ESPN research and Associated Press contributed to this report.
