World number 2 Jannik Sinner beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-3 in 1 hour and 16 minutes in the quarter final of the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh. Sinner set up a semifinal clash against Novak Djokovic in a repeat of last year’s edition.
Sinner converted six of his ten break points and saved four of the six break points he faced. He was broken once in each set.
Sinner went up a double break to race out to a 4-0 lead in the opening set. He earned his third break in the fifth game for 5-0 and had a chance to take a bagel win, but Tsitsipas pulled one break back for 1-5 in the sixth game. Sinner served out the first set 6-2 at deuce.
Sinner earned two consecutive breaks to open up a 3-0 lead. Tsitsipas pulled one break back in the fift game to reduce the gap to 1-3. Sinner earned another break in the ninth game to seal the second set after Tsitsipas made a forehand error.
