No. 1 Jannik Sinner advances to 2025 US Open quarterfinals - ESPN

NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner dominated the only player other than Carlos Alcaraz who has defeated him this season, routing Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday night to return to the US Open quarterfinals.

The top-seeded Sinner's victory took just 1 hour, 21 minutes, the second-shortest completed men's match in the tournament. A first-round victory for Tomas Machac was a minute shorter.

«At times I felt like today I was playing some great tennis, and I managed to break him very early, which then gave me the confidence to serve a little bit better and play from the back of the court a bit better,» Sinner said.

«It was a faster, or a fast match.»

Sinner lost to Bublik in June in Halle, Germany, in a warmup tournament before Wimbledon, but that was played on a grass court. Trying to beat the defending US Open champion on a hard court is a different story — and almost impossible these days.

Sinner, who also won the past two Australian Open titles, extended his win streak at the hard-court Grand Slams to 25 matches, tying John McEnroe for the fifth-longest streak by any man.

Sinner's three dropped games are the fewest in a second-week match at Flushing Meadows since the semifinals in 2015, when Novak Djokovic defeated Marin Cilic 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. It tied the fewest games lost in Sinner's major career (6-0, 6-1, 6-2 vs. Jiri Lehecka in the 2025 French Open third round).

Sinner will face fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No. 10 seed, on Wednesday. The other quarterfinal that day will pit No. 8 Alex De Minaur against No. 25 Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Bublik, the No. 23 seed from Kazakhstan, had been one of the hottest players with an ATP Tour-leading 11 straight victories and three titles, which is tied for the second best this year