ATP roundup: Jannik Sinner extends QF streak in China

Field Level Media|published: Sat 28th September, 11:27 2024

Jannik Sinner resets between serves in the first set of the men’s championship match of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Jannik Sinner defeated Frances Tiafoe, 7-6, 6-2, in the championship match.

Top-seeded Italian Jannik Sinner kept his quarterfinals streak alive Saturday by rallying past Russia's Roman Safiullin 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 at the China Open in Beijing.

The World No. 1 has reached at least the quarterfinals in every tour-level event he has played in 2024. Sinner had 25 winners and converted four of 13 break chances to set up a clash with Czech Jiri Lehecka, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 winner against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.

No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia ousted France's Adrian Mannarino 7-6 (6), 6-2, offsetting his six double faults with eight aces. Medvedev next faces Italian Flavio Cobolli, a 6-4, 6-2 winner against Russian Pavel Kotov.

Japan Open

Two-time champion and home favorite Kei Nishikori breezed into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Australia's Jordan Thompson in Tokyo.

Nishikori, who lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2014, broke Thompson's serve five times in the 83-minute match. His next opponent will be No. 6 seed Holger Rune of Denmark, who eliminated Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2, 6-4 in just 67 minutes.

Chile's Tomas Machac upended fifth-seeded Tommy Paul 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in two hours and 35 minutes to reach the final eight. Machac saved 11 of 15 break points and next faces another American, Alex Michelsen. Michelsen took down Australia's Christopher O'Connell 6-1, 6-4 in 79 minutes.

--Field Level Media

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