Jannik Sinner continued his dominant winning streak with another straight-sets victory over Andrey Rublev at the Italian Open.
The Italian, who is bidding to win a record-extending sixth consecutive ATP Masters 1000 title, beat Rublev 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals in Rome.
Sinner now holds the record for the longest winning streak at Masters tournaments in history with 32 straight, having surpassed Novak Djokovic‘s tally of 31.
Jannik Sinner is now a bigger favorite to win Roland Garros than Rafael Nadal ever was
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He has yet to lose a match on the tour since his quarterfinal exit at the Qatar Open in February, with four titles in a row clinched since.
With his triumph over Rublev, Sinner has just achieved a feat only Rafael Nadal has managed before in men’s tennis.
Jannik Sinner joins Rafael Nadal in exclusive club after win in Rome
Sinner has joined Nadal in an exclusive club by becoming the second player to reach the semifinals at the first five ATP Masters 1000 events of a season.
Nadal made the final four in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, Madrid and Rome during his historic 2010 season.
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The Spanish legend lost in the semifinals of both Indian Wells and Miami, but won all three clay-court Masters tournaments that year before going on to win Roland Garros as well.
In 2011, Nadal managed five straight trips to the semifinals again, but this time he only won the Monte-Carlo Masters.
Sinner’s last defeat at an ATP Masters 1000 tournament came in Shanghai last year, where he was forced to retire in the third round due to cramping.
Jannik Sinner’s next opponent at the 2026 Italian Open
In the semifinals of the 2026 Italian Open, Sinner will take on either seventh seed Daniil Medvedev or lucky loser Martin Landaluce.
Sinner has faced Medvedev 16 times on the ATP Tour before, and holds a winning record of 9-7 against the Russian.
Their most recent bout came in the 2026 Indian Wells final, where Sinner came out on top in straight sets, 7-6, 7-6.
However, Sinner has never played 20-year-old Spaniard Landaluce, who has dropped just one set so far in his Rome campaign.
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