Jannik Sinner extended his winning run on hard courts to 25 matches with a ruthless dismissal of Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals.
Playing in his first tournament since lifting his fourth grand slam title at Wimbledon, the world number one and defending champion powered to a 6-0 6-2 victory over Auger-Aliassime.
Auger-Aliassime had won both his previous matches against Sinner but could offer little resistance here, with the Italian beginning and ending the contest with runs of six games in a row.
Sinner has not been beaten on his favourite surface since a loss to Carlos Alcaraz in Beijing in early October last year.
Next for Sinner in the semis will be the winner of the Holger Rune and qualifier Terence Atmane match, with Sinner entering the fixture as the heavy favorite.
In the women’s fourth round, second seed Coco Gauff saw off Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti 6-2 6-4 and will next face seventh seed Jasmine Paolini, who eased to a 6-1 6-2 victory over former Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova.
