Jannik Sinner is still perfect in 2025! The Italian will compete in his second Rome Masters quarter-final following a hard-fought 7-6, 6-3 triumph over Francisco Cerundolo in the fourth round.

Only 16 men remain at the ATP Rome as the fight for quarterfinal spots is up for grabs. Top seed Jannik Sinner will be among those contending for a place in the last eight when he faces his first Top 20 opponent since his return.

Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Open, and with his latest victory, he surpassed Juan Martin Del Potro's milestone.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner passed a big test in his return from a three-month doping ban by beating accomplished clay-court player Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.

The sixth day in Rome will see home favourite Jannik Sinner continue his return to the sport after his doping ban. He is up against a tricky opponent, Jesper De Jong, who hasn’t dropped a set in Rome.

I need this,” the world No. 1 said of the tough run Francisco Cerundolo gave him in Rome. “Today I felt I raised my level.”

Jannik has kept Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz behind despite missing three months of action and four Masters 1000 events. Thus, he will celebrate a notable milestone next week.

ROME—Jannik Sinner says it’s “a good thing for us tennis players” that the new pope likes to play the sport. Even if Leo XIV jokingly said he wouldn’t want to arrange a game with the top-ranked player—ostensibly because of his name.

But rust could be a factor for the world No. 1, and Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Sinner on clay at Roland Garros last year, is lurking. So is defending champion Alexander Zverev, always a force on clay.