Jannik Sinner beat Fabian Maroszan 6-1 7-5 to book his spot in the semifinals at the China Open in Beijing for the third time in his career.
Sinner dropped 18 points in nine service games and hit 19 winners to 19 unforced errors. Maroszan converted one of his two break points.
Sinner served well and earned three breaks in the third, fifth and seventh games. The world number 2 closed out the first set with a winner at 5-1.
Both players went on serve in the first seven games. Maroszan fended off four break points to hold serve for 4-4 in the second set before breaking Sinner’s serve for the first time in the match to take a 5-4 lead. Sinner broke back to love in the 10th game to draw level to 5-5. Sinner earned his second break at love in the 12th game to close out the second set 7-5.
Sinner, winner at the China Open in 2023, set up a semifinal match against Alex De Minaur, who advanced after his quarter final opponent Jakub Mensik was trailing 1-4 in the first set due to injury. Sinner leads 10-0 in his head-to-head match against De Minuar.
“I feel like I started off very well in the first set and we both played very well in the second set. I had some big chances at 4-3 but couldn’t use them. He’s someone whose peak is very high, I knew that before the match. When he was serving for the set, he made a couple of unforced errors which helped me of course to come back and win in two. It’s psychological of course, too, but it’s also how you arrive at these moments. I tried to fight, had some tough service game holds from 0/30 a couple of times. I’m happy how I fought today”, said Sinner.
