Sinner equals Federer record with dominant Monte Carlo win
Jannik Sinner eased past Ugo Humbert in straight sets to start his Monte Carlo Masters campaign with a win. Sinner, who is looking to reclaim the world number one ranking from Carlos Alcaraz, won 6-3, 6-0 over the former Paris Masters finalist on Court Rainier III.
Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Jannik Sinner eased past Ugo Humbert in straight sets to start his Monte Carlo Masters campaign with a win. Sinner, who is looking to reclaim the world number one ranking from Carlos Alcaraz, won 6-3, 6-0 over the former Paris Masters finalist on Court Rainier III. Sinner hasn’t slowed down since completing the ‘Sunshine Double’ last month and has now extended his winning streak to 13 matches on the ATP Tour.
The Italian was in control throughout, winning 91 per cent of his first serve points against Humbert. Following Tuesday’s victory, Sinner moved into a club shared by just Roger Federer. Jannik Sinner equals Roger Federer’s Masters 1000 milestone Photo by Mateo Villalba/Getty Images According to OptaAce, Sinner is the first player since Federer in 2017 to start a season by winning his first 13 ATP-1000 matches.
The run started for Sinner back in Indian Wells, where he picked up wins over Joao Fonseca, Alexander Zverev, and Daniil Medvedev on his way to the title. He followed that up by winning the Miami Open, becoming just the eighth man in history to complete the ‘Sunshine Double’. Federer began that year with a fifth Australian Open title before carrying that momentum into the American hard court swing.
He won Indian Wells by beating Nick Kyrgios and Stan Wawrinka en route. In Miami, Federer capped off the double by defeating Rafael Nadal. However, he then skipped all three clay-court Masters events – Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome – before returning at the Canadian Open.