Jannik Sinner Overtakes Roger Federer as He Now Sets His Eyes on Novak Djokovic’s Feat in Rome

Jannik Sinner continues to break records with superb performances at the Italian Open. He advanced to the R16 with a thumping 6-2, 6-0 victory over Alexei Popyrin. This was the Italian’s 25th consecutive victory on the tour and his 30th consecutive victory in Masters events. His latest win has also seen him surpass Roger Federer on an elite list.

Sinner has now become the player with the joint-second-most consecutive wins in Masters tournaments. He has overtaken Federer’s tally of 29 and is level with Novak Djokovic on 30 victories each. Notably, the Serb currently holds the record with 31 wins. This means that another victory in Rome would see Sinner tie Djokovic for the record, and then a triumph in the last 8 would see him break the record.

The World No. 1 has arguably been in the form of his life for the past few months and was clinical in his match against Popyrin. He gave the Australian absolutely no chance to even get close to him and broke his serve on five occasions. Sinner held his serve comfortably for the most part and wrapped up the match in just 65 minutes.

The 24-year-old entertained the home crowd with some brilliant drop shots and also hit some remarkable winners as he raced to the victory. A thing that certainly helped Sinner was Popyrin’s disappointing service. The latter only managed to win 52% and 33% of the points on his first and second serve, respectively. The Italian admitted that he benefited greatly from his opponent’s errors.

“It was a very good performance. He is a big server, and his percentage was not very high, which helped me a little bit. But I have been returning the second serves very well and I am happy to be in the next round,” he said during his post-match interview.

This was Sinner’s third victory over Popyrin as he has now improved the H2H record to 3-1. The two had met earlier at the Qatar Open, and the 24-year-old had claimed a comfortable 6-3, 7-5 win on that occasion. Sinner is looking better as every match passes and has now won his last seven encounters without dropping a set.

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