Jannik Sinner kept rolling in Madrid on April 26, beating qualifier Elmer Moller 6-2, 6-3 to move into the round of 16. The win stretched Sinner’s run to 19 straight matches and kept his bid for another Masters 1000 title moving without a wobble.
Sinner was sharp on serve and relentless from the baseline, pumping seven aces and allowing just 10 points on his first serve. The victory also lifted him to 26-2 on the season and extended his ATP Masters 1000 winning streak to 24 matches.
The result came against a player who had little margin for error. Moller, 22, of Denmark, came in as World No. 169 and a qualifier, and the matchup reflected that gap from the opening games. Sinner’s control never really loosened, and the straight-set scoreline was enough to send him on to the next round.
Sinner said the work is less about chasing some hidden formula than about adjusting quickly. He said he never takes things for granted, that he tries to understand what is working in different conditions, and that there is no magic — only the daily effort of making the same things happen in practice and in matches. He pointed to the differences between Indian Wells, Miami and clay, saying Madrid has its own very unique conditions.
That routine has been producing results for months. Sinner has won 48 of his last 50 sets in ATP Masters 1000 action and, according to the framing of the event, is trying to become the first man to capture five consecutive Masters 1000 championships. He won the Rolex Paris Masters, then Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo, and completed the Sunshine Double without dropping a set.
There is still a larger challenge waiting in Madrid. Carlos Alcaraz was injured and absent from the event, but Sinner still had to do the one thing that matters most on this tour: keep winning the matches in front of him. Next up for him was a meeting with either Cameron Norrie or Thiago Agustin Tirante for a quarterfinal spot.
Sinner’s last loss came to Jakub Mensik in the Doha quarterfinals, and since then he has looked every bit like a man building toward something bigger than one tournament. In Madrid, the chase continued, one clean set at a time.