Jannik Sinner is set to face Benjamin Bonzi in the second round at the ATP Mutua Madrid Open on Day 3, with the world No. 1 opening as the clear favorite in Madrid. The forecast is straightforward: Sinner in 2.
That prediction carries extra weight because Sinner is chasing something no man has done in the Open Era — five consecutive Masters tournaments — and he arrives with a 17-match win streak. With Carlos Alcaraz absent from the event, the Italian’s path has opened further, and he is the heavy favorite to keep the run going.
Bonzi is a good ball striker, but the matchup on clay does not appear to give him much room to trouble Sinner. The preview says Bonzi will not challenge Sinner on this surface, and that leaves the second round looking less like a test than another step toward the record chase.
The bigger question now is not whether Sinner is favored in Madrid, but whether anyone left in the draw can slow a player producing this kind of momentum at the exact moment history is in sight.