India, Aug. 31 -- Jannik Sinner continues to be in cruise control through the early stages of the US Open. While Canadian Denis Shapovalov ended his long streak of sets on hard courts, which goes all the way back to the US Open last year, it was standard procedure from there as Sinner looked fluent and typically dominant for the remainder of the match.

Sinner heads into the round of 16 with that result, a 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-3 victory that marks his 20th at the US Open in his career. Remarkably, he has already racked up 20 victories at each of the other three grand slam tournaments, showing how consistent he has been across surfaces in his young career, consistently putting together deep grand slam runs.

By doing so just two weeks after his 2...