Emma Navarro withdrew from the mixed doubles championship at the U.S. Open, but Katerina Siniakova will replace her and partner with Jannik Sinner.

World #1 and defending champ Jannik Sinner easily beats Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semifinals in Cincinnati. 1st win over FAA 12th M1000 semifinal 11 consecutive wins 9 consecutive wins in Cincinnati 25 consecutive wins on hardcourts pic.twitter.com/2ZY9SHkTs7

Sinner did not want to compare himself with the Big 4, admitting they are on a different level. Instead, he is writing his own story while chasing more records and tennis immortality. There is a direct correlation between Jannik Sinner’s success and a small little lion in his bag 🦁 pic.twitter.com/KjX6Y5OyUe

The Frenchman and ATP world No. 136 heading into the tournament made an improbable run to the semifinal where he earned a date with world No. 1 Jannik Sinner on Saturday. The match happened to fall on Sinner's 24th birthday, and Atmane came prepared with a gift for his opponent.

In a new " Daily Dose of Social Media," the world number one Jannik Sinner celebrated his birthday with an array of gifts, including a special card from the collection from one of his opponents in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Open volunteer Phil Carver adopted the puppy that Jannik Sinner met after a match. Later, Carver got to meet Sinner at his birthday party.

Jannik Sinner will be playing his career’s eighth final in the Masters 1000 tournaments. On his 24th birthday on Saturday The post Jannik Sinner Shares Why He Prefers 1-week Masters 1000s After Booking Spot in Cincinnati Final appeared first on FirstSportz.

Sinner is on a 22-match winning streak on hard courts. Players who had longer hardcourt winning streaks in this century: Roger Federer (56, 36, 26) Novak Djokovic (35, 29, 26, 23) Andy Murray (28) Rafa Nadal (26) And that's it.