Match Report
Sinner units tantalising showdown with Bublik in Vienna
Italian defeats Cobolli in straight units
October 23, 2025
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Jannik Sinner holds an ideal 17-0 file towards countrymen.
By Sam Jacot
Jannik Sinner maintained his excellent file towards countrymen on Thursday on the Erste Bank Open, the place he eradicated Flavio Cobolli 6-2, 7-6(4) to achieve the quarter-finals in Vienna.
The highest seed earned his quickest win of the season in his first-round match on the ATP 500 on Wednesday, when he raced previous Daniel Altmaier in simply 58 minutes. Sinner needed to stay affected person towards Cobolli after a dominant first set however discovered a technique to advance and enhance to 17-0 towards Italians.
“He has been enjoying an unbelievable season and has been enhancing week after week, so I used to be trying ahead to this one,” Sinner mentioned. “He was one of many Italians I had not performed but. He is a good expertise and an excellent competitor and we each performed some nice tennis at instances. I had some probabilities within the second however couldn’t use them and that’s tennis. I attempted to remain within the second and play with an excellent mentality and I’m very pleased with at present’s match.”
Sinner didn’t face a break level within the first set and hit with relentless depth to suffocate the 23-year-old. He was not at his free-flowing finest within the second set and didn’t convert any of the 4 break level alternatives he conjured towards a red-hot Cobolli.
Nevertheless, he was the extra proactive and constant within the tie-break, with Cobolli hitting a pricey double fault at 3/4. Sinner didn’t give the 23-year-old a manner again in, closing out clinically on serve to finally break the 23-year-old’s resistance after one hour and 48 minutes.
Sinner lifted the trophy in his earlier look in Vienna in 2023 and is now 14-4 on the occasion, in keeping with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. The 24-year-old has additionally received his previous 18 indoor matches and can meet Alexander Bublik within the quarter-finals.
Bublik upset Sinner en path to the title on the ATP 500 in Halle in June, however the Italian gained revenge on the US Open, the place he earned a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 win. Sinner leads Bublik 5-2 total within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence.
