Cincinnati Masters: Sinner cruises to 59-minute win in first match since Wimbledon triumph

Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, advanced to the third round of the Cincinnati Masters by winning easily against Colombian qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 6-1 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday.

It’s the quickest win of his 2025 season so far, in only 59 minutes. “Matches are always more different than practice sessions, so I didn’t know exactly what to expect today,” Sinner said. “But I’m very happy. It’s not easy to play here, the ball is flying. You have to serve very precisely, but also with good pace if you want to go far in the tournament.”

The world No.1 is now on 22-match winning streak on hard courts since losing to Alcaraz in Beijing final last September (8-0 in 2025 after his win at the Australian Open) and aims to become first man since Federer in 2014 and 2015 to defend the title in Cincinnati.

Sinner, ranked No 1, will face Canadian Gabriel Diallo, the No 30 seed, next. Diallo won against Argentinian Sebastian Baez 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday.

Cincinnati is the first appearance of Sinner since his victory at Wilmbledon. Other impressive stat : he is now 3-0 vs. players ranked outside Top 50 and 24-0 in his opening round matches since losing to No. 66 Lajovic in Cincinnati second round two years ago on Italian’s 22nd birthday.

Cincinnati Masters 1000, other second-round matches and results (Lindner Family Tennis Center, hard, USD 9.193.540, most recent results first):

• Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Alexander Zverev
• Ben Shelton vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hamad Medjedovic

• Brandon Nakashima vs. Alexander Blockx
• Karen Khachanov vs. Valentin Royer
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Carlos Alcaraz
• Luca Nardi vs. Denis Shapovalov
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Martin Landaluce
• Jenson Brooksby vs. Arthur Cazaux
• Adam Walton vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jakub Mensik vs. Ethan Quinn
• Learner Tien vs. Andrey Rublev
• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Cameron Norrie
• Francisco Comesana vs. Luciano Darderi
• Alex De Minaur vs. Reilly Opelka
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Tristan Boyer
• Taylor Fritz vs. Emilio Nava
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Zizou Bergs vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Joao Fonseca
• Chak Lam Coleman Wong vs. Ugo Humbert
• Terence Atmane vs. Flavio Cobolli
• Sebastian Baez vs. Gabriel Diallo: saturday
• Tomas Machac vs. Adrian Mannarino: saturday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (25) beat Fabian Marozsan: 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (13) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-2, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (23) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-2, 7-6 (3)
• Alex Michelsen (28) beat Corentin Moutet: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Casper Ruud (11): 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2
• Holger Rune (7) beat Roman Safiullin: 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Lorenzo Musetti (8): 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (4)