"Jannik Sinner continued to piece together one of the greatest seasons of his career as he clinched his 21st career title at the China Open with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory over Learner Tien. Sinner's victory marks his third title of 2025 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon earlier this year. The Italian's record now stands at 42-5 (89%) this year and he has reached the final in seven of eight tournaments, including all four grand slams."
"Only Carlos Alcaraz has come close to Sinner on hard courts, with Sinner winning 79 of his last 80 matches on the surface against players besides the ATP No 1. Other than Alcaraz's four hard court wins over Sinner during this period, Sinner's loss to Andrey Rublev at the Canada Masters last year remains his only defeat on his favourite surface since November 2023."
"In the aftermath of his US Open defeat in New York, which led to the Italian losing the No 1 ranking he had held since June 2024, Sinner said he intended to make himself more unpredictable in his matches against his rivaleven though trying to make those changes could lead to more losses early on. The 24-year-old has shown some of those adjustments throughout this week, particularly by implementing more drop shots."
Jannik Sinner won the China Open 6-2, 6-2 over Learner Tien to claim his 21st career title and third of 2025, after the Australian Open and Wimbledon. His season record stands at 42-5 (89%), reaching finals in seven of eight tournaments and all four grand slams. Sinner has won 79 of his last 80 hard-court matches against players other than Carlos Alcaraz; his only other recent hard-court defeat was to Andrey Rublev at the Canada Masters. After losing the No 1 ranking post-US Open, Sinner adopted more unpredictability and used more drop shots while still overpowering opponents. The tour moves to the Shanghai Masters, where Sinner has a first-round bye; Alcaraz withdrew from China.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]