Jannik Sinner secured a record fifth-straight Masters 1000 titles as he won the Madrid Open with a thumping, straight-sets victory over Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final that lasted less than an hour.
Sinner stormed into a one-set lead as he claimed the opener 6-1, with Zverev restricted to just five points across the first five games before finally holding serve to get on the board in the sixth.
Sinner then wrapped things up in just 57 minutes as he broke Zverev twice more in the second, the Italian taking it 6-2 to clinch the most comprehensive of victories – his ninth in a row against the world No 3.
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Sinner’s Masters 1000 win streak
With his run in Madrid, Sinner became only the fourth player to reach the final of all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments – after Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal – and the youngest to achieve the feat.
He has now won 28 consecutive matches at this level, a streak that includes titles in Paris last year and Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo in 2026.
Andy Murray reached the final at eight, with the exception being Monte-Carlo.
Sinner is now a nine-time Masters 1000 champion, having won his first title at this level in Toronto in 2023.
If the Italian triumphs in Rome at the Italian Open – which starts on May 4 – he would complete the career Golden Masters.
Record 40-time Masters 1000 champion Djokovic is the only player to have achieved the feat.
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