Jannik Sinner is the world number one and the dominant force on the ATP Tour right now.
The Wimbledon champion has turned up at the US Open with fire in his belly and faces Lorenzo Musetti for a place in the semifinal.
Sinner avoided a banana skin by demolishing Alexander Bublik in the last 16 as he got revenge on the player who beat him in Halle before Wimbledon.
Players are trying everything to beat the Italian, with Denis Shapovalov trying some unsavoury tactics against Sinner earlier in the tournament at Flushing Meadows.
Sinner is proving an immovable object when it comes to the major tournaments and but for a miraculous Carlos Alcaraz performance at the French Open, he’d be on the cusp of winning all four majors in 2025.
Now, there is a real question over whether or not Sinner’s brilliance is actually ruining tennis.
Jannik Sinner is creating a big problem for tennis
When Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were in their prime, they often shared the major tournaments, with Novak Djokovic winning as well for good measure.
Ultimately, those two juggernauts of tennis had other players inside the top 20 who could give them a solid game and make matches feel competitive.
On Monday, Sinner blew Bublik away 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in a match that quite frankly wouldn’t have looked out of place in the first round of a Grand Slam when the defending champion is normally considered a heavy favourite.
Sinner was questioned on the quality of the match afterwards, and of course, the fact that he won easily is hardly a problem for him to consider.
The match was the second-fastest match completed at the US Open in 2025 and was just a minute slower than the fastest match between Tomas Machac and Luca Nardi in round one.
For the second week of a major tournament, that just isn’t a good look, and the organisers are going to have to seriously start looking at when they schedule Sinner to play if he’s going to keep blowing opponents away.
Players must step up to compete with Sinner
It’s happened in other sports where one player just runs away with seemingly every tournament they play in, and at least Alcaraz should be capable of competing with Sinner during his career.
Sinner could be about to win his third major title of the calendar year and that would make for a pretty boring year, considering he and Alcaraz will have shared the last eight Grand Slam titles.
| Tournament | Opponent | Score |
| US Open | Alexander Bublik | 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 |
| Wimbledon | Alexander Bublik | 6-1, 7-5, 6-0 |
| Australian Open | Alex de Minaur | 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 |
There have been a few one-sided matches involving Sinner at Grand Slams this year, and they just don’t make good spectacles for the fans who turn up to see elite-level competition.
It sounds harsh on Sinner to bemoan the fact that a world-level player keeps winning, but for the organisers and for his fellow professionals, a real problem is now developing.
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