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 onerous court docket profitable streak to 23 victories.
Sinner, who will face both Tommy Paul or Adrian Mannarino subsequent, now holds the ninth-longest onerous court docket profitable 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 last.
The 23-year-old Italian has compiled a 62-3 report on onerous courts because the begin of 24, and he has gained 21 consecutive onerous court docket matches on the majors, profitable 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 whole, however nonetheless managed to discover a option to set level within the second set. That’s when Sinner hit one of many photographs 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 – recreation, set and profitable streak Sinner, who has now gained 9 straight relationship again to the beginning of his Wimbledon title run.
