Miami, March 25 -- The world number two Italian tennis sensation Jannik Sinner made it to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Miami Open, making a late comeback against home favourite Alex Michelsen in a gripping contest.

On Tuesday, Sinner beat Michelsen 7-5, 7-6(4) at Hard Rock Stadium, coming back from being down 2-5 in the second set, went into a tie-break, and then completed a win after one hour and 42 minutes. He also kept his happy ATP Masters 1000 events streak going, making it 28 successive set wins in a row, a record-extending effort.

"I felt like the serve helped me quite a lot today, especially in important moments and in the tie-break, so I'm happy about that," said Sinner as quoted by ATP's official website.

"At the same tim...