Jannik Sinner becomes first player to beat Novak Djokovic four times in row in 15 years

Jannik Sinner battled past Novak Djokovic in a blockbuster clash in the semifinals of Roland Garros on Friday, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3-0), Report informs via tennis.com

The Italian defeated the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the semifinals of Roland Garros for his fourth consecutive win in their head-to-head series.

He's now through to the final of the clay-court major for the first time.

Having won the pair's last three meetings as well, at the Davis Cup Finals in 2023 and at the Australian Open and Shanghai in 2024, Sinner is now the first player to defeat Djokovic four times in a row in 15 years, the last player to achieve the feat being Andy Roddick, who beat him four consecutive times between 2009 and 2010.

The Italian the fifth player ever to do it, after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and, as mentioned above, Roddick.

Sinner, who was born in 2001, is the first player born in 2000 or later—or even 1990 or later—to achieve the very rare feat.

With his latest victory over Djokovic, Sinner also joins him on a very legendary list. And now, a bonus stat: with his victory over Djokovic on Friday, Sinner has now won his last 20 matches in a row at Grand Slams—seven to win last year's US Open, seven to win this year's Australian Open and now six more to reach his first career Roland Garros final.

He's just the fourth man this century to go on a winning streak of 20 or more matches in a row at Grand Slams, after the usual suspects—the legendary Big 3 of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.