By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Photo credit: Rolex Paris Masters Facebook
Masters Series tennis a turf war over the tour’s most valuable real estate.
Throughout his career, Jannik Sinner has struggled to stake a claim at the Rolex Paris Masters.
Today, Sinners squeezed Zizou Bergs right out of the neighborhood.
Hovering around the baseline like a home inspector, Sinner displaced Bergs 6-4, 6-2 in his Paris opener today.
It is Sinner’s 22nd consecutive victory on indoor hard courts, coming three days after he rallied past second-seeded Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to capture his 22nd career championship in Vienna on Sunday.
Though Sinner held championship points before bowing to Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling Roland Garros final in June, neither of the world’s two have enjoyed much success at this Paris Indoors.
Yesterday, Cameron Norrie shocked a sloppy Alcaraz 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Today, Sinner scored his second career win at the Paris Masters.
The second-ranked Sinner can surpass Alcaraz for the world No. 1 ranking if he wins the Paris title on Sunday. Even if he doesn’t rule Paris, Sinner is eager to set himself up to launch his ATP Finals title defense in Turin next month, posting his sixth straight Tour-level win to improve to 49-6 on the season.
Off & running 🏃
The moment @janniksin stretched his indoor hard court winning streak to 22 with his win over Zizou Bergs. #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/IaSIF6RI2C
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 29, 2025
Posing pressure from the first game, Sinner dragged Bergs through a physical 13-minute opener. Rifling a forehand return winner for a fifth break point, Sinner broke for a 1-0 lead when Bergs netted a forehand ending a 13-minute struggle.
About 90 seconds later, the Wimbledon winner breezed through a love hold for a 2-0 lead.
Straddling the baseline, Sinner was often slamming back even deep drives from Bergs taking the ball on the rise.
Sinner served out a competitive 51-minute opening set at 30.
The second-seeded Sinner served 72 percent and won 20 of 25 points played on his serves. After dropping that physical 13-minute opening game to go down a break, Bergs played a quality opening set showing both versatility and fortitude.
The Belgian saved six of seven break points in the first set, but resistance hit a road block to start the second set.
Though Bergs banged an ace to save his eighth break point of the match, he let a pass go by and winced as it landed on the line to face a third break point to start set two.
Slamming an inside-out forehand, Sinner streaked forward to block a forehand volley breaking for 1-0.
The four-time Grand Slam champion backed up the break at 15 for 2-0.
Sinner spent the rest of the set commanding the center of the court as he served out his opening match in one hour, 27 minutes.
What. A. Point! 🙌
What a LEAVE 👁️@janniksin @ZizouBergs #RolexParisMasters pic.twitter.com/mtSWMiaJRH
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) October 29, 2025
Next up for Sinner is a showdown vs. Francisco Cerundolo, who edged Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(4). Cerundolo cracked 14 aces and saved seven of 11 break points in a two hour, 26-minute win.
The 24-year-old Sinner is 3-2 lifetime vs. Cerundolo though both of the Argentinean’s wins have come at this Masters 1000 level. Cerundolo beat Sinner at the 2023 Rome and 2022 Miami Masters 1000.
