BEIJING (CHINA) (ITALPRESS) – Jannik Sinner once again succeeded in overcoming off-court problems (the Clostebol case re-exploded Saturday after the appeal filed by Wada) and landed in the semifinals of the “China Open,” an Atp 500 tournament with a total prize money of $3,720,165 staged on the concrete of Beijing’s Olympic Green Tennis Center (combined with a Wta 1000). The 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria, number one in the world rankings and on the draw, won in the quarterfinals over Czech Jiri Lehecka, 37 in the Atp rankings, with a score of 6-2 7-6 (6). In the tie-break Sinner was down 6-4. He then nullified two set-balls to the Czech, before prevailing 8-6 and thus gaining a pass to the semifinals.
The Italian, the defending champion, will face in the semifinals China’s Yunchaokete Bu, 96 in the Atp rankings, in the draw thanks to a wild card, who after defeating Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16, folded Russian Andrey Rublev, the fourth seeded force, in the quarters with a score of 7-5 6-4.
On the other side of the scoreboard, however, are Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and Russian Daniil Medvedev, today’s winner in two sets against Flavio Cobolli, in the semifinals.
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