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Stefanos Tsitsipas edges past Lorenzo Musetti in a midnight fourth round match in Rome

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Stefanos Tsitsipas edged past Lorenzo Musetti 7-5 7-5 at 1.43 am in the night to reach the quarter finals at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. 

 

Tsitsipas beat Lorenzo Sonego in the afternoon and Lorenzo Musetti in a match that began shortly before midnight. 

Tsitssipas broke serve in the first game of the opening set. Musetti faced two break-back points in the fourth game and another break point in the sixth game, but Tsitsipas was not able to convert his chances. Musetti broke back in the seventh game and held on serve at love to draw level to 4-4. Both players went on serve until the 10th game when Tsitsipas broke serve at 15 to win the first set 7-5. 

Musetti started the second set with an immediate break in the first game to open up a 3-1 lead. Tsitsipas broke straight back to 30 in the sixth game to draw level to 3-3. Musetti saved four match points at 4-5, but Tsitsipas broke serve at 15 on his fifth match point to seal the win after 1 hour and 51 minutes. Tsitsipas has extended his lead in his head-to-head matches against Musetti to 5-0. 

“It was a very long day. I will tell that. I spent the whole day at the courts. It had to be done. The rain got in the way, so I am happy that the day ends like this. I put a great effort there today. Tonight actually, not today. It’s been wonderful, delightful to be playing this way. I think tomorrow is a day off, so I have go to recharge and focus on the next one”, said Tsitsipas. 

Tsitsipas set up a semifinal match against last year’s Cincinnati Masters 1000 champion Borna Coric, who came back to beat Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan 3-6 6-4 6-3. Coric advanced his second consecutive Masters 1000 quarter final after reaching the semifinals in Madrid. 

Marozsan converted his third break point in the second game and held his next service games to win the first set 6-3. Coric saved two break points in the fifth game before breaking serve in the 10th game to close out the second set 6-4. The third set went on serve until the sixth game when Coric rallied from 30-40 down to earn the decisive break for 4-2. Coric saved a break point to hold serve at deuce before serving out the win on his first match point. 

Coric leads 3-2 in his five head-to-head matches against Tsitsipas. 

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Jannik Sinner sets up a quarter final against Grigor Dimitrov in Beijing

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Jannik Sinner cruised into the quarter final of the China Open with a 6-2 6-0 win over Yoshihito Nishioka in 67 minutes at the China Open in Beijing. 

 

Earlier this week Sinner had won the first match in his career against Dan Evans in three sets. 

Sinner and Nishioka traded breaks in the first two games of the opening set. Sinner won 11 consecutive games in the first set to close out the match. Sinner now leads 2-0 in his head-to-head series against Nishioka.  

“During the first week in China I was sick, and somehow I tried to get through the first round and I knew then I would have one day off. Every day is different. I feel physically much better. I think when I have the shape of physicality, the way I play is a little bit bette Today I played well. Maybe on serve I have to improve a little bit the percentage. I think all the rest was really good today. There were key moments of this match that made my confidence grow”, said Sinner. 

Sinner set up a quarter final against Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Holger Rune 6-3 7-5. Dimitrov has drawn level to 1-1 in his two head-to-head matches against Rune, who beat his Bulgarian rival 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 in the Round of 16 at Wimbledon 2023. 

Dimitrov raced out to a 4-0 lead with a double break. Rune pulled a break back in the sixth game but Dimitrov earned his third break in the ninth game to close out the first set 6-3. 

Both players went on serve until the 12th game when Dimitrov earned his only break on his third match point with forehand drop volley winner to seal the second set 7-5. 

Dimitrov reached the quarter final for the fourth time in his eight appearances at the Beijing tournament. The Bulgarian player lost to Andy Murray in the final of the China Open in 2016.

“I have lost quite a few matches this year against against a few players like that, so I really wanted to step up a little bit more. I still felt I could have done a few things a little bit better, but a win is a win. I just need to think a little bit about what I can improve. From the first match to now I see a few things that are better, but I still believe I can top it off a little bit more”, said Dimitrov. 

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Aryna Sabalenka and Anhelina Kalinina reach the second round at the China Open in Beijing

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This year’s Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka cruised into the second round with a 6-2 6-1 win over Sofia Kenin in just 67 minutes at the China Open in Beijing. 

 

Sabalenka fired 22 winners to just 9 unforced errors, while Kenis made made just seven winners. Sabalenka did not face a break point and broke twice in each set. 

World number 28 Anhelina Kalinina came from one set down to beat Marketa Vondrousova 1-6 6-4 6-1. 

Vondrousova broke three times to race out to a 5-0 lead. Kalinina pulled one of the breaks in the sixth game for 1-5 but Vondrousova sealed the first set 6-1 with her third break. 

Vondrousova came within of holding a break lead in the second set. The Czech player was not able to convert one of the three break points and dropped her serve in the seventh game. 

Kalinina lost just games in the rest of the match and broke three times to win the third set 6-1. 

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Alexander Zverev reaches his 10th quarter final of the season in Beijing

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Alexander Zverev came back from one set down to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-1 reaching his 10thquarter final of the season at the China Open in Beijing. 

 

Zverev won the tie-break 7-4 with three mini-breaks after a marathon first set that featured six breaks of serve. Zverev broke twice in the third and fifth games to win the second set 6-2. The German earned three breaks to seal the third set. Zverev saved the only break point he faced in the final two sets. 

Zverev has improved to 4-1 in his head-to-head series against Davidovich Fokina. The Hamburg native player avenged his recent defeat against Davidovich Fokina in Toronto. 

The German player set up a quarter final against Nicolas Jarry. 

Zverev recently reached the quarter final at the US Open and won his second title of the season in Chengdu. He is currently seventh in the ATP Live Race to Turin and could rise to fifth if he wins his third title of the season in Beijing. 

“I am happy with win. I feel like I picked up my game a lot. I played a lot of tennis in the past two weeks. I just need to recover. I need to rest”, said Zverev. 

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