"It doesn’t seem like anybody can touch this man at the moment. I’m glad I’m sitting here" - Djokovic's Masters 1000 record touted to be bettered by scintillating Sinner

Jannik Sinner is on the brink of history. No one has ever won five Masters 1000 tournaments in a row before. He will take on Alexander Zverev in the final of the Madrid Open with him looking utterly unstoppable currently.

His run lasts from the Paris Masters in 2025. He won his maiden title there before completing the Sunshine double without even dropping a set in that period. The Italian then backed it up by coming out on top in the Monte-Carlo Masters, defeating his arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz to reclaim the number one spot in the ATP Rankings.

This was an ominous sign to his rivals going deeper into the clay swing. With it not even being his strongest surface, the four-time Grand Slam champion is still seemingly untouchable to anyone. Alcaraz's injury also reduces the competition in this busy part of the year.

His run to the Madrid Open final is the furthest he has gone in the event, completing all the Masters 1000 finals. If he wins the titles in Madrid and the following tournament in Rome, he will become only the second player to achieve this after Novak Djokovic completed the unprecedented feat back in 2018. Sinner could add his name to this list in the very near future, while breaking more Masters 1000 records in the process.

Steve Johnson analysed the stats behind the 24-year-old's emphatic streak at this level. "I mean, he is already creating new history—records in the history books," he said on the Tennis Channel.

"And look, he’s chasing Novak right now. Novak has 31 and 30, respectively, for streaks at the Masters 1000 level. I think he’s going to get there, and he might do it in his home country, in Italy, in Rome, in a couple of weeks. But this is remarkable. It doesn’t seem like anybody can touch this man at the moment. I’m glad I’m sitting here."

It was also the differences of conditions that Sinner was playing and dominating on in each tournament, contrasting from surface to climate. Two-time Grand Slam champion Tracy Austin highlighted this. "Well, also, look at where those wins are. Paris was indoors last year, so you carry that into this year. Then you go to Indian Wells—it’s a little breezy, a bit gritty. Then Miami—it’s so humid. Then Monte Carlo on clay. I don’t believe he had ever won a Masters 1000 on clay before that."

"It’s the different surfaces, the long period of time—it feels like he’s barely being pushed overall. Two sets? There’s a reason why he’s the number one player in the world."

He won an incredible 37 sets in a row before seeing that end in Monaco. Out of the last 56 sets he has played at this level, 54 of them has gone his way. "I think he’s only lost two sets in that whole time—one to Tomáš Macháč in Monte Carlo, and one to Benjamin Bonzi here," Austin clarified. "I mean, we all knew that… I didn’t have that on my bingo card. Two sets? I mean, I’m sorry—that’s just insane."

Sinner's points tally on his rankings is skyrocketing. He was suspended from all of these tournaments up to the Rome Open on home soil, missing out on all the chances of gaining these points and titles. Now, he has returned with a vengeance. Already winning 3000 points, a minimum 650 will be taken home against Zverev. A win will boost his tally earned in the last four tournaments to 4000, complete gain from last year.

Johnosn indicated that Sinner wanted to make a statement after missing those three months of action. "I think this is a bit of a revenge tour for him," he admitted. "He wants to go out there and prove that he is the best—and he’s doing that at the moment. Honestly, I think him losing that first set against Bonzi, it was just a little bit of a dip."

His task over the next few tournaments, including Madrid, have been made slightly easier with Alcaraz not being around to push him. "Maybe he was a bit down because Carlos Alcaraz was hurt—he doesn’t have his buddy and rival to play over the next month. Carlos is out until Roland Garros, and hopefully he’ll be back after that. But what we’re seeing is remarkable. It’s history in the making. And to do it at such a young age—the record books are in trouble."