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Vanderbilt baseball breaks its single-season home run record with 101 homers!
Felix Auger-Aliassime gained confidence during his match against Jannik Sinner, who is currently dominating the ATP Tour. Sinner has won four consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and recently broke Novak Djokovic's record for consecutive Masters wins.
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Jannik Sinner is operating at a completely different level to everyone else on the ATP Tour currently.
Since being knocked out of the Qatar Open in February, the Italian hasn’t lost a single match, winning four straight tournaments – all at the ATP Masters 1000 level.
He then broke Novak Djokovic’s record for consecutive Masters wins, notching his fifth straight title at that level in Madrid earlier this month.
With Carlos Alcaraz currently out with a wrist injury, there’s every reason to think Sinner will keep his form going into both the Italian Open and Roland Garros.
A number of top players have been talked about as potential threats to Sinner. Felix Auger-Aliassime, who reached the US Open semifinals last year, recently said he felt ‘competitive’ against him.
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It was the seventh meeting between the two players, and although Auger-Aliassime lost in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, he took some positives from the encounter.
“I was happy when I engaged in a few rallies with him,” said Auger-Aliassime in an interview with Tennis TV.
“I felt that there were options. I felt that sometimes, yeah, I played a little bit too short, or I kind of missed the execution of my shot, and he took advantage of the point.
“But I felt that in some of the rallies, I felt like I was competitive. So it was encouraging for me for the future. It was frustrating because I felt like I could have done it a little bit better in certain moments of the match.
“But he’s just dominant. I mean, all the words you can think of about how special what he’s doing right now is. And all credit to him, but he does it with such class and respect that you just have to tip your hat.”
Jannik Sinner has won four consecutive ATP Masters 1000 tournaments and broke Novak Djokovic's record for consecutive Masters wins.
Jannik Sinner has not lost a single match since being knocked out of the Qatar Open in February.
Sinner's fifth straight title in Madrid is significant as it sets a new record for consecutive ATP Masters wins, surpassing Novak Djokovic's previous record.
Jannik Sinner is currently operating at a completely different level compared to other players on the ATP Tour, as evidenced by his recent winning streak.
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Auger-Aliassime has only ever gone as far as the quarterfinals at the Italian Open, but he spoke with enthusiasm about his clay-court game ahead of his run in Rome this season.
The Canadian has never gone past the quarterfinals at the Italian Open, but he expressed confidence in his clay-court abilities heading into this year’s event.
The 25-year-old told Tennis TV: “For me, it’s never been a problem of moving in the clay so much. I think I have the athleticism, and I have the footwork and the control of the sliding to play well, but it’s more of a tactical adjustment.
“I play a lot with my serve. The ball has to come back a lot more in clay and I will sometimes maybe make a few mistakes that are due to the ball coming back a little bit more than they do on hard courts or indoors.
“So on clay, you have to accept even when you have a good serve that the ball is going to come back and you’re going to have to engage in more rallies.
“I think when I play smart tactically, and I play the way tennis should be played on clay with my serve and with my game style, I can do damage.”
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