Jannik Sinner continued his US Open title defence in dominant vogue as he swept previous fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti to achieve the semi-finals in New York.
Labelled an “synthetic intelligence” participant by Alexander Bublik within the final spherical, Sinner’s scintillating type carried on as he received 6-1 6-4 6-2.
Musetti, ranked tenth, was unable to transform any of his seven break factors, whereas he hit simply 12 winners to his compatriot’s 28 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“We all know one another very nicely. We’re from the identical nation, there’s so many Italian gamers within the draw, so it is good to play right here,” Sinner stated.
“Clearly taking part in Davis Cup collectively and stuff like this it’s a must to take the friendship away, however if you shake arms all the pieces is ok.”
In a ruthless first set, Sinner rattled by means of the primary 5 video games and conceded simply 5 factors earlier than Musetti finally held serve to get himself on the board for 5-1.
Sinner closed out the opener after simply 27 minutes, however his momentum slowed within the second set as Musetti stepped up his stage.
However the prime seed managed to seize the decisive break at 4-4 and served it out comfortably earlier than breaking twice within the third to safe the win simply earlier than midnight at Flushing Meadows.
“From my standpoint it was an ideal efficiency, very strong,” Sinner added.
He has now received 26 consecutive matches at hard-court Grand Slam tournaments.
The 24-year-old will face Felix Auger-Aliassime in Friday’s semi-final after the Canadian defeated Alex de Minaur of Australia.
