{"id":96441,"date":"2026-04-09T15:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=96441"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:06:51","slug":"sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Read &#038; Watch: Sinner Shakes Off Flashy Machac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner appeared headed for another routine win Thursday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters before a free-swinging Tomas Machac made the Italian work overtime for his victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner saw his 37-set winning streak at ATP Masters 1000 level come to an end. But, more importantly, the Italian rebounded to extend his Masters 1000 match winning streak to 19 with a 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3 victory to reach the quarter-finals, where he will meet Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was struggling a little bit, a bit tired,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cThe most important thing today was to find a way to get through somehow. I hope that I can recover as much as I can for tomorrow. Every day can change a lot and you can play great tennis tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just try to perform the best possible way and today was still a very positive day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9n7TCxSvz5U?si=Rmof0fWnQXupqjKn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After breezing through the first set, Sinner\u2019s drop in intensity and Machac\u2019s fearless ball striking from the backcourt and deft touch around the net saw the Czech seize the momentum. Despite squandering a double break at 5-2, more big hitting in the tie-break saw the World No. 53 force a decider.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, who will return to World No. 1 Monday if he wins the title, appeared to be in minor discomfort but he quickly reasserted his dominance with a love break and a love hold to take an early 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Both players needed attention for health issues on the next changeover: Sinner appeared to tell the tournament doctor that he was suffering from dizziness; Machac received physio treatment on his left elbow.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner has now won his past 53 matches against players ranked outside the Top 50. But he will want to clean up some areas of his game. He dropped just two points on first serve in his 6-3, 6-0 opening-round win over Ugo Humbert, but against Machac he won just 72 per cent of first-serve points and hit four double faults.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on Court des Princes, Auger-Aliassime was leading Casper Ruud 7-5, 2-2 when the Norwegian retired.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner leads Auger-Aliassime 4-2 in career meetings, but the Canadian did win their only clay-court meeting in Madrid in 2022, which was the first time they played.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Cb88m36dYig?si=w-KUMpi85gKtiuYv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian&#8217;s 37-set winning streak at Masters 1000s ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jannik Sinner Drops Set To Tomas Machac at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner&#039;s 37-set winning streak at ATP Masters 1000 level ends, but he steadies to reach the Monte-Carlo quarter-finals.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jannik Sinner Drops Set To Tomas Machac at Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner&#039;s 37-set winning streak at ATP Masters 1000 level ends, but he steadies to reach the Monte-Carlo quarter-finals.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T13:59:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T15:06:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Macpherson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Macpherson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/en\\\/sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/en\\\/sinner-shakes-off-flashy-machac-to-reach-qfs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Macpherson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b24292ff18a658c64b7cc3fb7a82b5a7\"},\"headline\":\"Read &#038; 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