World number one Jannik Sinner demolished big-serving Alexander Bublik to storm into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Defending champion Sinner needed just 81 minutes to administer a brutal 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 drubbing to reach the last eight.

Bublik — who described Sinner as “like an AI-generated player” shortly before walking onto the Arthur Ashe Stadium court — embraced the Italian after the drubbing, and could be heard exclaiming: “You’re so good, this is insane.”

“I felt like today I was playing some great tennis, and I managed to break him very early, which gave me then the confidence to serve a little bit better and play from the back of the court a bit better,” said Sinner.

The top seed steered clear of questioning Bublik’s effort during a match in which he made two underarm ser

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