{"id":142,"date":"2025-06-02T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4q7jq2n.top\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/sinner-crushes-rublev-to-reach-roland-garros-last-eight\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:45:15","slug":"sinner-crushes-rublev-to-reach-roland-garros-last-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/sinner-crushes-rublev-to-reach-roland-garros-last-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner crushes Rublev to reach Roland Garros last eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Russian 17th seed Rublev appeared to pose a tricky test on paper for Sinner, but the world number one instead cantered to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win in the night session on Court Philippe Chatrier.<\/p>\n

“Things can go very quickly in a bad way, especially best of five, it can go very long,” said Sinner.<\/p>\n

“I’m very happy to finish it in three. These night sessions in Paris are very special.”<\/p>\n

The Italian, who returned from a three-month doping ban in May in Rome, will next face unseeded Kazakh Alexander Bublik in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Sinner holds a 3-1 winning record against Bublik in their head-to-head, but did lose their last meeting in 2023 on grass in Halle.<\/p>\n

He is aiming for a third consecutive Grand Slam title in Paris after winning last year’s US Open and taking his second successive Australian Open crown in January.<\/p>\n

Sinner gained a measure of revenge on Rublev for a last-16 defeat at Roland Garros in 2022, when he had to retire injured in the third set.<\/p>\n

He was in clinical form on Monday, firing five aces and 25 winners past a bewildered opponent.<\/p>\n

“Inside there’s a storm going on but tennis is a very mental game and you don’t want to show anything to your opponent,” Sinner said of his calm on-court demeanour.<\/p>\n

“In my young career, the storm was also outside not only inside.”<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who lost to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in the 2024 semi-finals, saved two break points in the opening game of the match.<\/p>\n

But it was all one-way traffic from there as he powered into a 5-0 lead and clinched the opener despite missing one set point for a first-set bagel.<\/p>\n

Sinner broke for a 2-1 lead and wrapped up the second set when Rublev dropped serve again.<\/p>\n

With the crowd firmly behind him, 10-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist Rublev upped his level in the third set.<\/p>\n

But his only break point since the very first game came and went as Sinner remained rock solid on serve, before the top seed took his first match point when a Rublev forehand clipped the net and spun wide.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paris (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Jannik Sinner fired a warning sign to his French Open title rivals as he romped to a comprehensive victory over Andrey Rublev in the French Open last 16 on Monday. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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