{"id":15345,"date":"2026-05-12T20:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/15345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T20:18:13","slug":"sinner-matches-djokovic-record-with-31st-straight-masters-win-coco-gauff-reaches-italian-open-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/15345\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner matches Djokovic record with 31st straight Masters win. Coco Gauff reaches Italian Open semis"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROME \u2013 The records keep coming for Jannik Sinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The top-ranked Sinner beat qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Italian Open<\/a> quarterfinals on Tuesday and match Novak Djokovic\u2019s record with a 31st consecutive Masters Series victory.<\/p>\n

Sinner hasn\u2019t been beaten in a Masters Series event \u2014 the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams \u2014 since he retired with cramps in extreme heat against Tallon Griekspoor in Shanghai in October.<\/p>\n

Djokovic won 31 straight Masters matches in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to be a great player you’ve got to play on all the surfaces and all the tournaments at your maximum,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cIt’s the mind that makes the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like in his previous match, Sinner took control quickly with a break in the opening game before a packed Campo Centrale \u2014 where many fans were decked out in orange, which is Sinner’s theme color. He improved to 19-0 against fellow Italians.<\/p>\n

If Sinner raises the trophy in Rome, he\u2019ll become the second man after Djokovic to triumph at all nine Masters 1000 events. Djokovic has won each event at least twice.<\/p>\n

Sinner has already won a record five straight Masters events and with Carlos Alcaraz sidelined<\/a> due to a right wrist injury, it doesn\u2019t seem like anyone can prevent him from winning in Rome and at the upcoming French Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s time to take the title away from Adriano,\u201d read a sign that one fan held aloft at the Foro Italico, referring to the last Italian man to win the singles title in Rome: Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

Panatta will present the winner’s trophy after Sunday’s title match.<\/p>\n

Overall, Sinner extended his winning streak to 26 matches. He hasn\u2019t lost since getting beat by Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Feb. 19.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s quarterfinal opponent will be 12th-seeded Andrey Rublev, who beat Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.<\/p>\n

Also, 19-year-old Rafael Jodar swept aside Learner Tien 6-1, 6-4 to become only the second teenager after Rafael Nadal (in 2005) to reach the Madrid and Rome quarterfinals in the same season.<\/p>\n

Jodar will next face Luciano Darderi, who saved four match points in the second set of a 1-6, 7-6 (10), 6-0 victory over two-time Rome champion Alexander Zverev,<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud eased past Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-1 with Musetti getting treatment for a left thigh issue.<\/p>\n

Ruud will face Karen Khachanov, who beat Dino Prizmic 6-1, 7-6 (2). Prizmic eliminated Novak Djokovic on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coco Gauff reaches the semifinals again<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s tournament, Coco Gauff reached the Rome semifinals for the third consecutive year with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Mirra Andreeva.<\/p>\n

Gauff was the runner-up in Rome last year and is preparing to defend her French Open title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gauff will next play 36-year-old Sorana Cirstea, who eliminated 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 6-1, 7-6 (0). <\/p>\n

Cirstea upset top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the third round and is now the second-oldest semifinalist in a WTA 1000 clay-court event. Only Martina Navratilova did it at an older age, at 37 in Rome in 1994.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always said there\u2019s no expiration date for ambition and dreams,\u201d said Cirstea, who plans to retire at the end of the year. \u201cI think everyone can see that I absolutely love this sport. I have so much passion for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Defending champion Jasmine Paolini<\/a>, who lost in the third round of singles, withdrew from the doubles competition due to a “minor foot issue.\u201d She and partner Sara Errani are the defending champions in doubles, too.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/a><\/p>\n

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