When does Jannik Sinner play at the US Open: background with Denis Shapovalov

Jannik Sinner has reached 23 consecutive wins on cement in Grand Slam tournaments and tomorrow at the US Open, against Canadian Denis Shapovalov, he aims to extend this winning streak even further.

Roger Federer’s 40 wins in a row are still a long way off, but in the meantime, Jannik in his first 50 matches played on cement in a major has scored 41 victories exactly like the Swiss outfielder from Basel.

Tomorrow, trying to bar the way for the king of tennis in the third-round match at Flushing Meadows will be Shapovalov, a player capable of everything for better or worse, who was No. 10 in 2020 and is currently 29.

Sinner and Shapovalov will play ill second match on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court after the women’s match between Poland’s Magdalena Fręch and home favorite Coco Gauff, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Italian time, so the Alto Adige player and the Canadian will not start until 7-7:30 p.m.

There is only one precedent between the two, dating back to the first round of the Australian Open in 2021, when Sinner was not yet 20 years old, and it was Shapovalov who won in five sets: 3-6 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4. At that time, however, Sinner was No. 32 and started on paper as an underdog against Shapovalov, who was No. 12 but played it out to the end.