NEW YORK -- Jannik Sinner dominated the only player other than Carlos Alcaraz who has defeated him this season, routing Alexander Bublik 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday night to return to the US Open quarterfinals.

The top-seeded Sinner's victory took just 1 hour, 21 minutes, the second-shortest completed men's match in the tournament. A first-round victory for Tomas Machac was a minute shorter.

Sinner lost to Bublik in June in Halle, Germany, in a warmup tournament before Wimbledon, but that was played on a grass court. Trying to beat the defending US Open champion on a hard court is a different story -- and almost impossible these days.

Sinner, who also won the past two Australian Open titles, extended his win streak at the hard-court Grand Slams to 25 matches, tying John McEnroe for

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