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Sinner on five-star QF set at Hard Rock: ‘Miami has been good to me’
Italian will tackle residence favorite Tiafoe on Thursday at ATP Masters 1000
March 25, 2026
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Jannik Sinner in motion throughout his fourth-round triumph in opposition to Alex Michelsen on Tuesday in Miami.
By ATP Staff
Jannik Sinner has made a behavior of hanging round for the enterprise finish of the Miami Open presented by Itau.
Since reaching the championship match on occasion debut in 2021, the 24-year-old has racked up a 22-3 report on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Florida, in accordance to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. On Tuesday, Sinner overcame Alex Michelsen 7-5, 7-6(4) to seal a quarter-final spot, and concurrently turned the third man to attain the final eight in all of his first 5 Miami appearances, alongside Yannick Noah and Stefan Edberg.
“It’s tough to say,” mentioned 2024 titlist Sinner in his post-match press convention, the place he was requested for any perception as to why he has thrived over time in Miami. “The earlier occasions once I performed right here, I additionally performed somewhat bit on outdoors courts. Outside it’s very completely different. There is a whole lot of breeze and wind at occasions. Playing right here [in the stadium] is barely simpler, as a result of it blocks it a bit.
“The ball is bouncing quite low, which usually helps me. This year I’ve found it a little bit more difficult for some reason. I am also trying to enjoy whatever is around, off the court. Miami for sure has been very good to me in the past years.”
The means Sinner stored his cool whilst Michelsen served for the second set at 5-3 inside Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday was typical of the Italian, as was the way in which he elevated his degree within the subsequent tie-break to clinch his straight-sets win and lengthen his report streak of consecutive units received at Masters 1000 degree to 28. Sinner has now received 15 of his previous 16 tie-breaks in tour-level matches relationship again to the beginning of his Wimbledon title run final July.
“I’m someone that likes to play tie-breaks, or at 4-4, 5-5,” mentioned Sinner when requested about his constant excellence in strain moments. “I attempt to elevate my degree in a very powerful moments and that for certain helped me at the moment… I’m very pleased that I managed to win at the moment.
“I tried to return as much as I could [at 3-5]. I’ve also been in positions where you have to serve out. Serving out the set is always a little bit different. You can feel the pressure. That’s for everyone, me too, when I need to serve out. Also, sometimes you can just miss balls, and if he wins that game, things can turn out differently. Obviously in the third set you start from 0-0 again and you need to start over again. Today was good for me, from a physical point of view, to get away with two sets.”
The No. 2 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings, Sinner will face one other residence favorite on Thursday in pursuit of a fourth Miami semi-final look. He will enter his quarter-final conflict with Nineteenth-seeded Frances Tiafoe with a 4-1 lead within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Headvert collection.
