Jannik wins his fifth consecutive Masters 1000, he is the first tennis player to do so. After Paris, Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo here is the triumph in the Spanish capital
Another step in the history of tennis, Jannik Sinner beats Aleksander Zverev again (this time 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour) as in the Monte Carlo final and it is the first tennis player to win five consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments. Paris, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and now Madrid. On the red clay of the Caja Magica the South Tyrolean had never won and once he had overcome his doubts about participating in the tournament he interpreted it as he always does, with the idea of winning. 2026 is becoming a special year for the Italian and could become epic in view of the next two tournaments on clay: Sinner wants to win at the Foro Italico and Roland Garros and the absence of Carlos Alcaraz, his number one rival who in 2025 had beaten him in the final at both the Italian and French internationals is undoubtedly an advantage for Jannik. Yes, because apart from the Spaniard we can’t see who can put Sinner in difficulty, if the number three in the world, that is Zverev, is beaten with this ease then it is clear that Janik and Carlos will be the protagonists of world tennis for many years to come. Waiting for the young talents (Fonseca, Jodar, Fils?) to approach the two champions. Meanwhile Sinner updates the statistics: twenty-three matches won consecutively, twenty-eight in a Masters 1000 like the tournaments won in his already extraordinary career. Phenomenal.
The match
The start of the match it’s almost embarrassing for Aleksander Zverev, considering he is number three in the world. Jannik Sinner plays with impressive easeThe number one in the world makes very few mistakes when serving and returning. And he flies away, immediately breaking the German’s serve, Zverev is in great difficulty while Sinner demonstrates what he has always maintained, the more he plays the more he improves. In Madrid his performances continued to grow, until the final where the level of play was very high. Jannik takes the lead to 5-0, the German finally manages to get some points and gets the only game of the first set, because then the implacable Sinner closes 6-1.
The second set
After the peremptory 6-1 he asks you if Zverev will have a reaction or if Sinner’s level of play will drop a bit, but the South Tyrolean immediately makes it clear that he wants to go home early and place a break immediately breaking the German’s serve already in the third game. Zverev seems lost, perhaps remembering the precedents with Sinner against whom he always lost on eight occasions. And Jannik continues to play perfectly, taking advantage of the serve and accelerating shots from the baseline. He breaks the serve again to the German who by now can’t wait to go in the shower and goes to serve for the match at 5-2, easy closure 6-2. “I started very well – said Sinner – immediately with the breaks, he didn’t play his best tennis. Satisfied with my level, this is a title that means a lot, it was an incredible tournament. Behind my results there is a lot of work, a lot of dedication, a lot of commitment. I believe in myself in every training session by applying the right discipline, I have an excellent team behind me, they talk about me but they have to talk about us.”
