{"id":96740,"date":"2026-04-10T16:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=96740"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T17:08:14","slug":"sinner-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Read &#038; Watch: Sinner Back to Business&#8230; and the Semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner returned to business as usual Friday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, brushing aside Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 to set a semi-final showdown with Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>Having seen his run of 37 consecutive sets won at ATP Masters 1000 level snapped in the third round against Tomas Machac, Sinner dominated the 92-minute contest, in which he clubbed 16 winners to eight.<\/p>\n<p>Playing deep behind the baseline, Auger-Aliassime earned just one break point and for the third consecutive match failed to break Sinner, who put a modest 58 per cent of first serves into play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a step forward today. I knew I had to get better in certain areas,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe serve is not there yet, but all things considered I\u2019m very happy to be into the semi-finals. Yesterday I was very tired but I recovered very well after a good night\u2019s sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RnmNOLC7L_0?si=U1PjMIOmyMKJHDs1\" 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>Sinner is looking to become the first player to win the first three Masters 1000s of the year since Novak Djokovic in 2015. He\u2019s also looking to join Djokovic and Rafael Nadal as the only players to win four consecutive tournaments at this level, having won Paris at the end of last year and Indian Wells and Miami last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian, who won 10 of 12 net approaches Friday, also has the chance to reclaim World No. 1 from Carlos Alcaraz. Both players have spent 66 weeks atop the PIF ATP Rankings during their careers. Should they both advance to Sunday\u2019s final, the championship match will determine who is No. 1 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yx46xc1WAwI?si=uAmfnsX_Qkv26U8a\" 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 claims his 20th straight win at Masters 1000 level<\/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-96740","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 Claims 20th Consecutive ATP Masters 1000 Win in Monte-Carlo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner reaches the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals, keeping alive his chance to reclaim World No. 1 from Carlos Alcaraz.\" \/>\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-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jannik Sinner Claims 20th Consecutive ATP Masters 1000 Win in Monte-Carlo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jannik Sinner reaches the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters semi-finals, keeping alive his chance to reclaim World No. 1 from Carlos Alcaraz.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/sinner-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T14:42:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-10T17:08:14+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-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/en\\\/sinner-back-to-business-and-the-semi-finals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Macpherson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/montecarlotennismasters.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b24292ff18a658c64b7cc3fb7a82b5a7\"},\"headline\":\"Read &#038; 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