Jannik Sinner continued on Wednesday night with his second straight U.S. Open title, sending the 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti in two hours of the Cannonball Championship in the first two-hour full-time men’s quarterfinals. New York’s world 1 and number one seed was tested only in the flash, but it turned out to be unshakable, and he encountered all seven breakout points when converting five of the six opportunities. The results again reveal the gap between sinner’s surveillance consistency and other areas, even in confrontation with fellow countrymen who are one of the most elegant backhands in the sport.
The sinner erupted from the gate, snatched the first five games from an unarranged Musetti and packed the opening ceremony in just 27 minutes. His depth and weight locked his fellow Italians in the defensive exchange, and while Musetti won the fashion winner in the Spurts, they were ignored by unforced and other other mistakes. The second group is closer. At 1-2, Sinner wiped out the only early danger, unable to get 129 mph unrecoverable until he held the thunderous ace. Musetti succumbed to Game 5 in Game 5, which was succumbing at the 18-shot rally, just to escape. But in the 4-4, 30-40 game, he doubled his penalties and gave the advantage to Sina, who calmly gave it to two sets after the finish line changed.
The lack of tension in the game led to poor behavior in some crowds – the habitual conversation at Arthur Ashe stadium was even more distracting than normal, the audience was switched from seats, actor John Turturro once replaced the camera operator and delighted with the joy of the camera – but Sinner’s contender never swayed like him, his game never wavered, his game not.
By the third start, Musetti’s resistance was disappearing. He is broken in the opening game and is immediately broken under the siege. To his credit, he created four chances to break through the next game and two more in 3-2, but the Sinner beat everyone back with balance and precision. The game ended when Musetti was broken again in the scene, and Sinner won Love’s victory with a pair of A aces.
Statistics bring numerical context to one-way traffic. Sinner won 42 of 42 of 46 first-game points (91%), scored 28 winners, scored 17 unmandatory mistakes, never lost serving, and maintained iron grip whenever sags in danger. Musetti hit 12 winners but squirted 22 mistakes, revoking the Sinner’s Relentless Ball as he failed to take advantage of the rare vacancy. The 24-year-old has now lost just 38 games in five games, a second place to reach the U.S. Open semifinals since 2020. It was also his 26th consecutive win in Majors, a winning streak that allowed him to surpass John McEnroe and now ranked third with Novak Djokovic and Ivan Lendl.
For Musetti, it was both a lesson for how far he had gone, and a measure of how much he had gone. “Honestly, I’ve never played a guy who let me attend such a rally,” he said. “He’s been leading the rally. Of course, he’s better than me, he shows up.” He added, “Jannik’s performance today was very impressive. I think he’s doing really well and he pushes me to my limit. I’m glad I’m not good for him to understand what I have to improve.”
As far as sinners are concerned, he quickly admits to the strange challenges he faces with his fellow countrymen. “Obviously, we know each other very well,” he said in court. “We are from the same country and there are a lot of Italian players every time. It’s nice to play here, obviously, play together in the Davis cup and then take something like that, but when we shake hands we have to take the friendship away and then when we shake hands, it’s all good. From my point of view, it’s a great show, it’s very good, especially when it starts well in the game.”
When asked if he felt like he was playing his best tennis, sinners were disgusted. “Every player who plays tennis in the Grand Slam semifinals, they’re playing tennis,” he said. “It’s a very special game. They always say it’s the last Grand Slam of the year, the last game of our entire season. So, there’s no better place to play in the nighttime game in the biggest stadium we have, and that means a lot to me.”
He also reflects the importance of the whole Italian period. “It’s certain that some Italians are not sleeping,” he said with a smile. “We are very proud to be Italian. As I said, it’s a special country. We have amazing support and Italians are basically everywhere. So it’s great to be Italian, yes, see you in the next round.”
For the sinner, the victory brought his unbeaten run against his Italian opponent to 16-0 and reached the big semifinal for the fifth consecutive time. This is also his 86th victory in the Grand Slam and Nicola Pietrangeli, with the most Italian men. Next, he will face the 25th seed of Canada Felix Euger-Aliassime Who gathered Alex de Minaur Earlier in the day. Olympiad – Aliassime won two of the previous three meetings, although the Sinners lost only two games in Cincinnati last month. No. 1 in the world is also designed to be the first to defend the U.S. Open title since Roger Federer won five consecutive titles in 2008.
The quarter-finals are a milestone in Italian tennis, which is where two men in the country face each other in the second week of any major. But there was never much doubt about what Italians would appear. The sinner’s control over Flushing Meadows remains firm, his authority is insufficient, and the prospect of another deep game in September looks as regular as his latest win.
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