Anisimova serves up sweet revenge

Sinner sails to semis

Jannik Sinner returned to the US Open semifinals by beating No 10 Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday night in an all-Italian quarterfinal matchup.

The No 1 seed continued what's been an easy title defense so far, and on Friday will face Canadian No 25 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who beat No 8 Alex de Minaur of Australia 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4).

Sinner is into his fifth straight Grand Slam semifinal, and a win on Friday would put him into his fourth major final of the year.

He has won 26 consecutive matches in majors on hard courts. That includes the past two Australian Open titles along with his triumph in New York a year ago.

"It was a great performance. Very solid, especially starting very, very well," Sinner said.

He needed just two hours — the first set took only 27 minutes — fighting off all seven break points he faced. He has dropped just 38 games in his five matches, the second-fewest by a man to reach the US Open semifinals since 2020.

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