World number two Italian tennis superstar Jannik Sinner extended his remarkable dominance over Alex de Minaur, securing an 11th consecutive win in their rivalry to storm into the final of the China Open on Tuesday.
World number two Italian tennis superstar Jannik Sinner's blazing finish helped him outclass Fabian Marozsan and advance to the semifinal of the China Open on Monday.
He scripted a 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 to break the French player's resistance and complete a second-round win in a contest that lasted for two hours and 22 minutes. Last month, the Italian breezed past Atmane with relative ease in the semi-finals in Cincinnati. However, on Saturday, the top seed in Be
De Minaur solidified his eighth spot in the ATP Live Race to Turin, beating home favourite Buyunchaokete 6-4, 6-0. On hard courts, he leads the charts with 32 wins, and the Aussie is aiming for a second ATP Finals appearance, having made his debut last year, as per the ATP's official website
Sinner, competing for the first time since the US Open final loss to arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz, where he also lost his ATP Rankings top spot, bounced back with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 win. The 24-year-old Italian, who secured the title in Beijing in 2023 and reached the final last year, contin
Alcaraz produced dead silence from the audience when he went down to the court 20 minutes into the match, needing some help with his left ankle, but nonetheless continued to script an easy 6-4, 6-2 win, as per Olympics.com.
The Indian pair dominated their semifinal clash against the Chinese pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, beating them 21-17, 21-14 in a dominant two-game match within 41 minutes on Saturday.
Satwik and Chirag, who recently finished runners-up at the Hong Kong Open, made a light work out of Chieh and Chi-Lin, beating them in straight games by 21-13, 21-12 in just 33 minutes, as per a press note from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
Prannoy, who faced a loss to Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen by 21-18, 15-21, 8-21 in the round of 16 at the China Open, lost to Yohanes Saut Marcellyno of Indonesia by 21-18, 15-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.
After failing produce much resistance in the first game, Satwik-Chirag, 12th in the men's doubles badminton rankings, put on a fight in the second but couldn't prevent a 21-13, 21-17 defeat in 42 minutes.