Shapovalov flew out of the blocks in the first set, breaking Sinner’s serve in the fourth game and losing just four points on his own serve to race into a 5-2 lead.Sinner hit back as the 26-year-old Canadian served for the set, converting his first break point of the match, but missed out on consecutive breaks before handing Shapovalov a one-set lead with an untimely double fault.The 24-year-old Italian took control of the second set in the seventh game, pouncing on his first break point opportunity, and later confidently held to love to level the match.Momentum swung again in the third set as Shapovalov broke Sinner’s serve in the second game and held a 30-40 lead in the fourth.However, he couldn’t secure the double break, burying a shot into the net, and it proved to be the turning point in the match. Sinner won the next two points and, helped by five double faults from Shapovalov, the following eight games to take the third set 6-3 and race into a 3-0 lead in the fourth.Shapovalov safely navigated deuce in the fourth game to avoid a potential bagel and despite later having a break point, he could do little to stop Sinner’s canter to victory.Elsewhere, 10th seed Lorenzo Musetti is through to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time after fellow Italian Flavio Cobolli was forced to retire injured. Cobolli, the 24th seed, injured his arm in a fall during the match and received treatment from the trainer three times before retiring in the third set, trailing 6-3 6-2 6-0. Musetti will face unseeded Spaniard Jaume Munar, who beat Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-1 6-4 6-4 to advance to the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
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US Open results 2025: Jannik Sinner fights back to beat Denis Shapovalov in four sets
