Rome, May 12 -- Italian star Jannik Sinner has matched Serbian Legend Novak Djokovic's record of 31 consecutive ATP Masters 1000 victories after defeating qualifier Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3 at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome on Tuesday, according to Olympics.com.

Sinner, who is the world No. 1, sealed the 88-minute win at Campo Centrale to move into the quarterfinals, where he will face either Andrey Rublev or Nikoloz Basilashvili on Wednesday.

Ranked 155th in the world and making his first appearance against a top-10 player, Pellegrino had an opportunity to break twice at 3-2 in the second set. However, Sinner raised his level, winning four consecutive games and closing out the match on his first match point.

Sinner's curren...