“It shows that this sport is unpredictable, no? Whenever you drop a little bit of your level, if it’s mental, if it’s tennis-wise or physical, at the end it has a huge impact on the result. Both opponents who they lost against, they played some incredible tennis. And it happens,” said Sinner, commenting on his rivals’ surprise losses.

“So I just watch on my side what I have to do, you know, that I guess I have done also in last period of time, and then we will see what I can do.”

In the Sweet 16, the top seed will face his toughest test to date at this tournament when he takes on American Tommy Paul, who is through to the US Open fourth round for a second consecutive year, thanks to a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(3) over Canadian qualifier Gabriel Diallo.

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