Sinner avoids same fate as rivals with third-round win

Top seed Jannik Sinner ensured he avoided nan aforesaid destiny arsenic Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz by steamrolling his measurement into nan 4th information of nan US Open.

The Italian saw his closest-ranked rivals - defending champion Djokovic and Spain's Alcaraz - suffer daze defeats astatine Flushing Meadows earlier this week.

Sinner had nary specified problems against Christopher O'Connell, beating nan Australian 6-1 6-4 6-2 successful little than 2 hours to scope nan 2nd week successful New York.

"Everything tin hap successful this sport. I effort to enactment connected my broadside of nan nett and effort to return it time by day," Sinner said erstwhile asked astir Djokovic and Alcaraz's early exits.

"There person already been a mates of upsets truthful let's spot what's coming but I'm very happy to still beryllium here."

The 23-year-old will look American location dream Tommy Paul, nan 14th seed, aliases Canada's world number 143 Gabriel Diallo successful nan past 16.

Sinner has mislaid only 2 hard-court matches this play and won 4 titles connected nan surface, including his first Grand Slam triumph astatine January's Australian Open.

His astir caller occurrence was astatine Cincinnati successful August, winning nan title nan time earlier news emerged he had been cleared of immoderate wrongdoing aft doubly testing affirmative for a banned constituent earlier this year.

While 24-time awesome victor Djokovic and Alcaraz, nan French Open and Wimbledon champion, were good beneath par successful their early-round defeats, Sinner looked adjacent to his champion against O'Connell.

He fired down 46 winners and 15 aces, and denied nan world number 87 immoderate break points crossed nan 3 sets.