Sinner's insane Masters streak
Jannik Sinner stormed into the Miami Open semifinals and has now won 30 straight sets at Masters 1000 events — eclipsing Novak Djokovic’s mark — and will face Alexander Zverev in the semis. On the women’s side Aryna Sabalenka beat Rybakina to set up a final with Coco Gauff after dominant semifinal displays. (tennis.com) (theguardian.com)
The sequence covers three Masters 1000 events — Paris, Indian Wells and Miami — and represents a 15-match winning run at that level dating back to the Paris Masters. (miamiopen.com) His Miami quarterfinal against Frances Tiafoe finished 6-2, 6-1 in 71 minutes, and that victory extended a stretch in which Sinner has beaten the last 29 American opponents he has faced since a 2023 loss to Ben Shelton. (miamiopen.com) Novak Djokovic’s previous Masters 1000 benchmark for consecutive sets won was 24, a mark established during his 2016 run at that level. (atptour.com) Sinner captured the Indian Wells title earlier this month and the Paris Masters last autumn without dropping a set en route to both trophies, a run that underpins his Masters dominance. (atptour.com 1) (atptour.com 2) He holds a 7–4 career record versus Alexander Zverev and has beaten Zverev six straight times on hard courts, including the Indian Wells semi-final this month. (miamiopen.com) Zverev arrives in Miami with a 15–4 season record and, according to tournament notes, leads the decade in Masters 1000 match wins with 106 while posting a 70% success rate on second-serve returns in his quarterfinal. (miamiopen.com) Aryna Sabalenka beat Elena Rybakina 6–4, 6–3 in Thursday’s semi, a match in which she ran off six straight games at one stage and notched her 10th win in 17 meetings with Rybakina. (tennis.com) Coco Gauff swept Karolína Muchová 6–1, 6–1 to reach her sixth WTA 1000 final, and the title match will open a head‑to‑head tie at 6–6 between Gauff and Sabalenka. (tennistonic.com) (wtatennis.com)
