The title defender of the highly regarded tournament needed no more than an hour and fifteen minutes before his 25th victory in a row over Hardcourt. Sinner had Auger-Aliassime only made nine points in the first set, saw his opponent grab a break in the second and then wins another six games in a row.
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Sinner, who will be 24 on Saturday, has not lost a set in Cincinnati this year.
Térence Atmane challenger Jannik Sinner
The French Qualifier Térence Atmane has continued his surprising victory series at the Tennis Tournament of Cincinnati. The current number 136 in the world defeated in the quarterfinals the seventh-placed Dane Holger Rune with 6-2 6-3. He meets Sinner in the semi -finals.
“I don’t think words can describe how I feel now,” said the 23-year-old Atmane afterwards. “It’s really insane, to be honest. I can’t believe it.”
“Standing in the semi -finals of a master’s tournament, getting the top 100 in the world and there is also a lot of money involved, so that will be very useful for my career. It means a lot to me. It makes me very emotional.” Atmane had already defeated American Taylor Fritz in the fourth round.