Sinner drops just 3 games to roll into 4th round

PARIS -- When Jannik Sinner's hostile successful the French Open's 3rd circular yet won a azygous crippled Saturday, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen assemblage responded with a lasting ovation. Sinner was simply excessively bully connected this day, extending his Grand Slam winning streak to 17 matches and looking precise overmuch similar the No. 1-ranked man.

Sinner dominated Jiri Lehecka 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 successful conscionable 1 hour, 34 minutes, the quickest men's lucifer astatine Roland-Garros this twelvemonth and, measured by games lost, the astir lopsided triumph astatine a large tourney of Sinner's career.

"We effort to improve," Sinner said. "Today, I don't deliberation determination are galore things I tin improve."

Can accidental that again.

Check retired immoderate of the numbers: Sinner delivered 31 winners and made lone 9 unforced errors. He accumulated 18 interruption points, converting seven, and faced conscionable one, which helium saved.

The archetypal 11 games went Sinner's way. When Sinner missed a instrumentality wide, making the people 6-0, 5-1 aft 55 minutes of action, Lehecka raised his limb and pumped his fist successful a spot of sarcastic celebration. The fans went wild, rising retired of their seats and clapping and shouting, eliciting a grin from Lehecka.

Make nary mistake, though. Lehecka is nary also-ran. The 23-year-old from the Czech Republic is ranked 34th and has been a Grand Slam quarterfinalist.

But helium was wholly overmatched by Sinner, who has won the past 2 large championships -- astatine the US Open successful September and the Australian Open successful January -- and is present the proprietor of an unbeaten tally astatine the sport's astir important tournaments that's been surpassed this period lone by a trio of guys by the names of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Sinner's bid for a archetypal French Open title, and 4th Slam trophy overall, volition proceed Monday, erstwhile he'll look No. 17 Andrey Rublev for a quarterfinal berth. Rublev precocious erstwhile his opponent, No. 14 Arthur Fils, withdrew from the tourney due to the fact that a accent fracture successful his little back.

American qualifier Ethan Quinn, the 2023 NCAA champion for the University of Georgia, played his 2nd consecutive five-setter and was beaten by Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4. Griekspoor came into the time 0-4 successful third-round matches astatine majors.