Dominant Sinner sweeps aside Alexander Bublik’s challenge to reach US Open quarterfinals

Jannik Sinner gave no chance to Alexander Bublik as he reached the US Open quarterfinals. The Italian defeated the Kazakhstani player by 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday in New York. The World No.1 took an early break in all three sets, and Bublik looked clueless.

Sinner twice broke Bublik’s serve to take a 4-0 lead in the opening set and it was just one-way traffic from the get-go. Bublik, who is known for his serve, committed 13 double faults and came up with a mundane performance.

“Overall I’m very, very happy,” Sinner said. “[It was] the first time this year that I can play the night match here and it makes [such] a big difference. I wanted to say thanks everyone for coming, for cheering. This is a very special occasion for us players, so thank you so much.”

After the match, Bublik praised Sinner for his insane level at the net and the Italian reckons the Kazakhstani could not bring his best while serving.

“We know each other very well. We had some tough battles, especially this year, so we know each other a little bit better now how we play,” Sinner said. “He just said congrats and wished me all the best. He had a very tough match the last match playing five sets, finishing very late. Today he didn’t serve as good as he usually serves, so I broke him very early in every set, which then gave me the confidence to serve a little bit better.”

Sinner will face the 10th seed and compatriot Lorenzo Musetti in the quarterfinals. The World No. 1 has a 2-0 Lexus ATP Head2Head record against his countryman.

Sinner added, “It’s great to see. Italian tennis is in great form now. We have so many players, so many different game styles,” Sinner said. “Lorenzo is maybe one of the biggest talents we have in our sport, so I’m looking forward for this one. From an Italian point of view it’s great to have for sure one Italian player in the semis.”

Speaking on his own performance, Sinner said, “I’m very happy to be again in the quarters. It’s a great result. We try to play as good as we can and then we’ll see what we can achieve this year. But overall I’m very, very happy to be in the quarters.”

Sinner will take on Musetti on Wednesday.