NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner returned to the U.S. Open semifinals by beating No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday evening within the first all-Italian matchup in a males’s main quarterfinal.
The No. 1 seed continued what’s been a straightforward title protection and on Friday will face No. 25 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who beat No. 8 Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Sinner is into his fifth straight Grand Slam semifinal and with a win Friday would attain the finals of all 4 majors this 12 months. He has gained 26 consecutive matches in majors on onerous courts. That features the previous two Australian Open titles alongside together with his triumph in New York a 12 months in the past.
“It was an awesome efficiency. Very stable, particularly beginning very, very effectively,” Sinner mentioned.
He wanted simply 2 hours Wednesday — the primary set took solely 27 minutes — preventing off all seven break factors he confronted. He has dropped simply 38 video games in his 5 matches, the second-fewest by a person to achieve the U.S. Open semifinals since 2020.
Sinner, who has gained 31 consecutive service video games, gained 42 of 46 first-serve factors (91%).
Musetti was making an attempt to achieve his first U.S. Open semifinal after getting that far on the French Open this 12 months and Wimbledon in 2024. However he acquired off to a horrible begin towards his Davis Cup teammate, falling behind 5-0 and successful simply 9 whole factors to Sinner’s 25 within the first set.
He began to get extra possibilities towards Sinner’s function the match went on however may by no means get a break that possibly may have swung issues.
“Now we have to take the friendship away for the match and clearly once we shake arms, it’s all the pieces’s nice,” Sinner mentioned.
