NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner was so dominant Monday night at the U.S. Open that his opponent had to remind him after the match that he's not that bad of a player.
Sinner sure made Alexander Bublik look like one, though.
Sinner overwhelmed the only player other than Carlos Alcaraz who has defeated him this season, routing Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 to return to the quarterfinals of the tournament he won last year.
The top-seeded Sinner's victory took just 1 hour, 21 minutes, the second-shortest completed match in the tournament. A first-round victory for Tomas Machac was a minute shorter.
“At times I felt like today I was playing some great tennis, and I managed to break him very early, which then gave me the confidence to serve a little bit better and play from the back of the court a bit b