Sinner won his 19th consecutive match on indoor hard courts

Sinner lost to Bublik at the grass court tournament in Halle in June, but since then he has completely dominated the Kazakh player. In the fourth round of the US Open in September, the Italian tennis player lost only three games, and he showed similar performance in the quarterfinals of the ATP Erste Bank Open in Vienna on October 24.

Sinner "suffocated" the world No. 16 opponent with durable shots and accurate attacks, and was given a composite performance index of up to 9.23 by ATP Insights (a measure that includes attack and transition factors). ergonomics, defense and shot quality).

The tournament in Austria witnessed the destructive performance of the 24-year-old tennis player. In his 6-0, 6-2 win over Daniel Altmaier in round one, Sinner scored 9.61 - the second highest score of his season.

Sinner won the Vienna championship in 2023 and currently has a record of 15 wins - 4 losses at the tournament. The 24-year-old has won 19 consecutive matches on indoor courts and will meet Alex de Minaur in the semi-finals.

De Minaur edged Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 7-6(4) for his 53rd win of the season, just behind Carlos Alcaraz for wins in 2025. De Minaur has reached four ATP 500 semi-finals this season, level with Alcaraz. He once won the ATP 500 in Washington.

De Minaur is currently ranked 7th in the Race to Turin, 500 points more than Felix Auger-Aliassime (9th), who had to give up in the quarterfinals of Basel due to injury. The 26-year-old tennis player is aiming for his second appearance at the ATP Finals - a tournament for the best eight people of the year.

Another star who is sure to have a ticket to Turin is Alexander Zverev. The German tennis player, who won the year-end tournament twice, officially won the spot after reaching the semi-finals in Vienna. He did not need to play in the quarterfinals because opponent Tallon Griekspoor withdrew due to a back injury.

Zverev, the 2021 Vienna champion, will meet Lorenzo Musetti in the semi-finals. The Italian tennis player defeated Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-4, thereby achieving his 41st victory of the season, the best achievement of his career.. Musetti is currently ranked 8th on the Race to Turin scoreboard, only 60 points behind De Minaur, and still has a chance to win the final spot at the ATP Finals.