Sinner sprints into Roland Garros quarterfinals with win over Rublev

Paris: Top seed Jannik Sinner cruised into his 11th career Grand Slam quarterfinal and third in Roland Garros with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 rout of No.17 seed Andrey Rublev.

 This was Sinner’s 18th consecutive match win at a Grand Slam tournament. Sinner has dropped just 30 games in 12 sets in Paris so far — and by extending his winning streak at Grand Slam events to 18, the world No.1 has tied Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Mats Wilander for the ninth-longest unbeaten run in the Open era.

Four more wins would secure him not only a first Roland-Garros title in the process, but sole possession of seventh place on that illustrious list. Sinner’s win also gives him sole possession of the most major victories for an Italian man in the Open era.

Meanwhile Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan continued his mesmerising run in the French Open 2025, making a breakthrough by securing a maiden quarterfinals appearance at the Grand Slam level, securing his place with a four-set upset of Jack Draper here on Monday.

Having never been beyond the second round at the clay-court major since his junior days, Bublik scalped his second Top 10 victim of the week with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory against Draper.

Bublik, who came back from two sets down to defeat Alex de Minaur of Australia in an earlier round, became the first Kazakhstani man to reach a singles Grand Slam quarterfinal in the sport’s history. (IANS)

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