By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, August 14, 2025Photo credit score: Cincinnati Open Fb
Background noise was a short distraction for Jannik Sinner within the opening recreation.
The world No. 1 pressed a strong mute button on Felix Auger-Aliassime the remainder of the match.
A dominant Sinner performed demolition man, destroying Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 to roll to his eleventh consecutive victory and second straight Cincinnati Open semifinal.
World No. 1 Sinner streaked via the primary six video games and the ultimate six video games overwhelming Auger-Aliassume on the power of six service breaks.
“I’m blissful for right now’s match,” Sinner informed Tennis Channel’s Prakash Amritraj. “I raised my degree, which I used to be aiming for. So I’m blissful about that and now let’s see what’s coming within the semis.”
Empowered by his run to the Wimbledon title final month, Sinner stomped one-time nemesis Auger-Aliassime stretching his hard-court profitable streak to 25 matches.
Sinner is the fifth completely different man this century to attain 25 straight hard-court victories becoming a member of Massive 4 legends Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray attaining that feat. Sinner is now 64-3 on onerous courts because the begin of the 2024 season when he gained his maiden AO championship.
Exhausting-Courtroom Specialist! 👏@janniksin turns into solely the fifth male participant to document 25 straight wins on onerous courts this century 😳#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/Lt4ILUsZ8u
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 14, 2025
Persevering with his quest for a second straight Cincinnati championship, Sinner will play both seventh-seeded Holger Rune or French qualifier Terence Atmane, for a spot within the remaining.
Although Auger-Aliassime had overwhelmed Sinner in each of their prior conferences, together with a 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-1 triumph within the 2022 Cincinnati spherical of 16, that is clearly a special and extra dynamic Sinner.
The highest seed not solely disarmed a harmful Auger-Aliassime, he principally beat the self-belief out of the Canadian. After all, Auger-Aliassime betrayed his personal trigger coughing up eight double faults in opposition to no aces and profitable a meager 4 of 20 second-serve factors. That stated, it’s important to credit score Sinner for shredding the Canadian from the baseline and spooking him with booming returns that left Auger-Aliassime typically overhitting his second serve.
Roping a return proper via the center of the courtroom that handcuffed his opponent and rattled the error, Sinner broke for 2-0 then stamped a love maintain for 3-0.
A crackling crosscourt forehand capped a powerful Sinner maintain at 15 for a 5-0 lead after 22 minutes of play.
Issues went from unhealthy to horrific for Auger-Aliassime, who spit up three double faults within the sixth recreation.
Auger-Aliassime’s second straight double fault—and fifth of the set—helped Sinner serve up the bagel in simply 27 minutes.
“I want I might begin each match like this,” Sinner stated. “I’m aiming for that. I really feel like in necessary matches, particularly in later phases of tournaments, a participant might really feel extra comfy. As a result of the primary couple of matches, they’re tough, you come right here you don’t know what to anticipate.
“However then you understand how the state of affairs is on the courtroom. I performed already three matches, which I understand how the state of affairs is gonna be. However yeah, you recognize, I’m aiming for that. I can not do that each match. It could be additionally robust to see, however in the identical time I’m blissful how I dealt with right now.”
The highest seed gained 25 of 35 factors performed within the set and picked up 12 of 15 factors on serve.
After absorbing that bruising beatdown, Auger-Aliassime broke to begin the second set. The previous world No. 6 staved off a break level then buried a giant serve down the center holding for 2-0 with a loud “Allez!”
That was the start of the tip for Auger-Aliassime.
Sinner stormed via 11 factors in a row staggering the Canadian with deep drives to edge forward 3-2.
A rattled Auger-Aliassime framed a wayward forehand then double-faulted into the tape as Sinner broke for 4-2.
An ignominious afternoon for Auger-Aliassime got here to an finish after one hour, 11 minutes when he double faulted for the eighth time.
For those who’re ranked exterior the Prime 20 and your title isn’t Alexander Bublik then dealing with Sinner has been a struggle as futile as arm-wrestling King Kong over the past two years. Sinner is now 74-1 in opposition to non Prime 20 opponents because the 2023 US Open.
