NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner acquired damaged for the primary time in Week 1 of the U.S. Open, then dropped a set within the event for the primary time since final yr’s quarterfinals. Later, he fell behind within the third set.
Nonetheless, the No. 1-seeded Sinner emerged to beat No. 27 Denis Shapovalov 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 Saturday to take his title protection at Flushing Meadows to the fourth spherical.
“Denis started off very well,” Sinner mentioned, “and I just tried to stay there mentally.”
Sinner stretched his hard-court Grand Slam profitable streak to 24 matches, an unbeaten run that features championships on the U.S. Open in 2024 and the Australian Open in 2024 and 2025. He additionally received the trophy at Wimbledon on grass courts in July.
The 24-year-old from Italy had received 14 units in a row in New York since dropping one in a victory in opposition to 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev a yr in the past.
On Saturday, Sinner double-faulted to shut the opener, which earlier featured a outstanding 30-stroke level through which each males hit drop photographs. Sinner took that time by sprinting again to the baseline and twisting his physique to ship a lob winner that floated simply out of Shapovalov’s attain.
After rebounding to even the match at a set apiece, Sinner discovered himself trailing 3-0, love-30 within the third after Shapovalov — a left-hander from Canada who was a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2021 — grabbed 14 of 17 factors.
From there, Sinner took 9 video games in a row to grab management.
Sinner stopped enjoying within the Cincinnati Open remaining in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz on Aug. 18 as a result of he had a virus, then pulled out of the U.S. Open combined doubles event that started the following day.
