Sinner is closing in on a historic hometown title but says he’s just playing for his ‘own story.’ Is the Italian set to complete the Grand Slam? Yankee Scores reports …

Novak Djokovic’s record of winning 31 consecutive matches at ATP Masters 1000 tournaments has been broken by Jannik Sinner, who extended the streak to an incredible 32 matches after reaching the Italian Open semi-finals.

The Historic Streak

In the quarter-final clash against 12th-seeded Andrey Rublev, Sinner emerged victorious with a scoreline of 6-2 6-4, setting himself up for the challenge of joining Djokovic’s exclusive list of players who have managed to capture all nine Masters 1000 titles, which represents the pinnacle achievement in tennis outside of the Grand Slams.

Already this year, he managed to win four Masters 1000 tournaments – in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo, and Madrid – on top of the Paris tournament, held back in November. Moreover, he managed to lose fewer than 22 sets in 66 matches played.

“I don’t play for records. I play just for my own story,” Sinner told the crowd.

“At the same time, it means a lot to me. But tomorrow is another opponent, in different conditions – it’s a night match.

“Now the highest priority for me is trying to recover as much as I can physically.

“Emotionally it takes a lot playing here at home. At the same time, I’ll definitely try to do my best. It’s a win-win situation for me in any case. It was a good day today.”

Chasing History in Rome

With his victory in Madrid earlier in the month, Sinner set himself up to achieve yet another first in tennis – he became the first tennis player to win five Masters 1000 matches in a row. In addition to that, he is now approaching the sixth victory just two weeks after his last win.

As great as his achievements are, breaking more records and setting new ones does not seem to be a primary goal for him, although they certainly do not hurt.

On top of being just as close as Roger Federer to achieving 100 tournament victories overall, his overall record at the ATP 1000 level, with 121 wins out of 150 matches, stands second behind Rafael Nadal (123).

The Road Ahead

Inspired to give his loyal fans a show, he is now striving to secure yet another victory in order to become the first ever Italian man to win the title in Rome since Adriano Panatta achieved it half a century ago.

After turning 24 years old, he looks poised to take the trophy in French Open, which will take place starting on 24th May.