Madrid, April 29 -- World No. 1, Jannik Sinner, defeated Rafa Jodar 6-2, 7-6(0) in the quarterfinals to book his semis spot of the Madrid Open 2026 on Wednesday. Sinner also made history as he completed the set of reaching all nine ATP Masters 1000 semi-finals, as per the ATP website.

The Italian defeated the 19-year-old Spaniard in a match that lasted for one hour and 55 minutes to reach the Madrid semi-finals for the first time in his career. With this achievement, he became only the sixth player since 1990 to reach the semi-finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events.

The 24-year-old now joins an elite group that includes Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, and Alexander Zverev, who completed the full set earlier...