Jannik Sinner continued his juggernaut at the US Open and defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 to cruise to the semifinal, where he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime, who has been in red-hot form and beaten Alexander Zverev, Andrey Rublev, and Alex de Minaur in previous games.
has also looked unbeatable at the , dropping just a set to Denis Shapovalov en route to the semifinal. 2025 has been a productive year for Sinner, who has made it to the semifinal of every Grand Slam in the year for the first time in his career.
He won the Australian Open earlier this year before suffering a defeat to at the Roland Garros final. Sinner, however, took his revenge at Wimbledon, beating Alcaraz. He is the hot favourite to defend his US Open title this year.
Jannik Sinner Breaks Multiple Records
Jannik Sinner shattered multiple records after an emphatic win over Musetti. At 24 years and 18 days, Sinner became the youngest man to record 25 wins at the Grand Slams in a single season, surpassing Mats Wilander (24 years, 20 days in 1988). He also became the second-youngest man in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events in a season, behind a 22-year-old Rafael Nadal in 2008.
More so, Sinner became the joint most successful Italian Tennis player at Grand Slams alongside Nicola Pietrangeli with his 86th Grand Slam win.
The win was Sinner’s 26th consecutive hard-court win, and he joined and Ivan Lendl in the list of men with the longest win streak in hard-court slams in the Open Era. He is now only behind Novak Djokovic, who won 27 consecutive games at hard-court slam games, and Roger Federer, who sits at the top of the list with 40 wins.
Sinner On Playing Musetti At the US Open
Meanwhile, Sinner said it was special to play countryman Musetti at the US Open, adding that they had to set aside their friendship to make it every man for himself.
“We know each other well. We’re from the same country. We have so many Italian players every time in the draw. It’s nice to play here. Playing Davis cup together and stuff like this, we have to take the friendship away for the match and obviously when we shake hands everything is fine. It was a great performance. Very solid. It’s nearly midnight. Thank you so much for staying. It means a lot for us.”