Imperious Sinner marches into Monte-Carlo quarter-finals
The world No 2 beat Jan-Lennard Struff to make it 24 wins in 25 matches on Tour this year
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Italian Jannik Sinner extended his 2024 record to 24-1 after he beat German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday to reach the last eight of the Monte-Carlo Masters.
The world No 2, who won the Australian Open in January, will face the winner of the match between Dane Holger Rune, the No 7 seed, and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 9 seed, next.
“He’s a very dangerous player,” Sinner said of Struff. “I had to be very, very careful. I know it was going to be a very tough match but I returned well, especially on the second serve. I’m very happy to be into the quarter-final.”
The 22-year-old Italian defeated American Sebastian Korda (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of the Monte-Carlo tournament.
Earlier in the tournament, Struff, ranked No 25, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez (1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2) and Croat Borna Coric (7-6 (2), 6-1).
Monte-Carlo Masters 1000, other last 16 results (Monte-Carlo Country Club, clay, EUR 5.950.575, most recent results first):
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Casper Ruud
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Ugo Humbert
- Holger Rune vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Lorenzo Musetti: 7-5, 6-3
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (12) beat Alexander Zverev (5): 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Daniil Medvedev (4): 6-3, 7-5
- Alex De Minaur (11) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 6-4
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