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Top-seed Jannik Sinner cruised through the semifinals, losing only seven games to Italian compatriot Lorenzo Musetti.<\/em><\/p>\n Published On 4 Sep 2025<\/span>4 Sep 2025<\/span><\/p>\n Defending champion Jannik Sinner continued his ruthless run at the US Open by beating 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday in the first all-Italian men\u2019s Grand Slam quarterfinal.<\/p>\n The world number one, who also holds the Australian Open trophy, extended his hardcourt winning streak to 26 matches and will take on Canadian 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a good performance, I was very solid, I started well \u2026 It\u2019s nearly midnight, so thank you all for staying,\u201d Sinner told the crowd.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, we know each other well,\u201d he said of Musetti.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re from the same country, there are so many Italians in the draw. Many Italians here so it\u2019s nice to play here. Playing Davis Cup together and stuff but you have to take the friendship away for the match. When we shake hands, everything is fine.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing, I\u2019m sure that back home some Italians are not sleeping. It\u2019s a special country and we have amazing support.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner\u2019s thunderous hitting from the word go helped him take a 5-0 lead, and while the loudest applause of the evening came when Musetti got on the board, that was the only joy he had in the opening set.<\/p>\n Musetti briefly threatened to break early in the second, but Sinner staved off his challenge to double his advantage, before easing through the next set and finishing it with a clean hold.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery player in the semifinals of a Grand Slam is playing amazing tennis,\u201d Sinner added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very special tournament. The last Grand Slam of the year. There\u2019s no better place to play a night match here, on the biggest stadium we have, with an amazing crowd.<\/p>\n \u201cIt means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner, left, shakes hands with Musetti after winning their men\u2019s singles quarterfinal match at Flushing Meadows [Charly Triballeau\/AFP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top-seed Jannik Sinner cruised through the semifinals, losing only seven games to Italian compatriot Lorenzo Musetti. Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 Defending champion Jannik Sinner continued his ruthless run at the US Open by beating 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday in the first all-Italian men\u2019s Grand Slam quarterfinal. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[11641,6448,11640,150,3866,5062,620,2897,1262],"class_list":{"0":"post-19012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-augeraliassim","9":"tag-dominates","10":"tag-musetti","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-open","13":"tag-semifinal","14":"tag-set","15":"tag-sinner","16":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}