Jannik Sinner booked his place in the French Open quarter-finals for the third time as he breezed past Andrey Rublev on Monday.
He has won each of his last 18 matches at grand slams, prevailing 6-1 6-3 6-4 in a heavy-hitting clash.
The world number one faced two break points in the opening game, but responded strongly, reeling off the first five games with relative ease.
Rublev did manage to claw one back to end that streak, holding off a set-point attempt in the process, though he only delayed Sinner from taking the first set.
Rublev then went a break down early in the second set as Sinner raced into a 3-1 lead before coming from behind in the final game to extend his lead.
There was little to split the pair in the third, with Rublev forcing the first break point with no success. And just when it looked like he was drawing level at 5-5, Sinner dug deep with another break to take the match.
He will face Alexander Bublik in the last eight, after the Kazakh upset Jack Draper in four sets earlier on Monday.
Bublik came from behind to beat the Indian Wells champion 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-4 in just over two and a half hours.
In doing so, he reached his first career men's singles quarter-final at a grand slam event, becoming the first player representing Kazakhstan to achieve the feat in the Open Era.Â
Data Debrief: No stopping Sinner?
Having won the US Open and the Australian Open back-to-back, Sinner has now won each of his last 18 matches at grand slams, the joint-ninth longest streak in the Open Era.
He matched Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Mats Wilander's record, but needs two more wins to chase down Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.
Sinner has claimed a 72nd men's singles match win at a grand slam event, surpassing Fabio Fognini (71) for the most of any Italian in the Open Era.
And, he became the fifth-youngest player in the Open Era to reach six or more consecutive men's singles quarter-finals at grand slams.
