Sinner sets up China Open semi-final with De Minaur

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATP TOUR CHINA OPEN QUARTER-FINALS SHOWS: BEIJING, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 29, 2025) (ATP/ IMG MEDIA – see restrictions before use) JANNIK SINNER V FABIAN MAROZSAN 1. JANNIK SINNER WALKING OUT FIRST SET 2. MAROZSAN'S BACKHAND GOES LONG, SINNER BREAKS SERVE 3. SINNER TAKES SET 6-1 WITH A BACKHAND PASS SECOND SET SHOT 4. SINNER LOBS MAROZSAN WITH A BACKHAND 5. BACKHAND VOLLEY BY MAROZSAN TO BREAKS SINNER   6. MATCH POINT – MAORZSAN NETS A BACKHAND, SINNER WINS 6-1 7-5 7. PLAYERS EMBRACING AT NET 8. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, SINNER WAVING TO CROWD DANIIL MEDVEDEV V ALEXANDER ZVEREV 9. VARIOUS OF MEDVEDEV WALKING OUT 10. ZVEREV WALKING OUT FIRST SET 11. ZVEREV NETS A FOREHAND, MEDVEDEV BREAKS SERVE SECOND SET 12. ZVEREV GOES JUST WIDE WITH A FOREHAND, THROWS RACQUET, MEDVEDEV BREAKS SERVE 13. MATCH POINT – ZVEREV GOES LONG WITH A FOREHAND, MEDVEDEV WINS 6-3 6-3 14. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, MEDVEDEV WAVING TO CROWD ALEX DE MINAUR (GREEN SHIRT) V JAKUB MENSIK (BLACK SHIRT) FIRST SET 15. DE MINAUR HITS A FOREHAND PAST MENSIK TO BREAK SERVE 16. VARIOUS OF PHYSIO ATTENDING TO MENSIK 17. MENSIK RETIRING TRAILING 2-1 IN THE FIRST, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE, HUGGING DE MINAUR LEARNER TIEN V LORENZO MUSETTI FIRST SET 18. SET POINT – MUSETTI WITH A FOREHAND WINNER AT THE NET TO TAKE SET 6-4 SECOND SET 19. MUSETTI RECEIVING TREATMENT FROM PHYSIO 20. RALLY ENDS WITH A TIEN DROP VOLLEY WINNER THIRD SET 21. MUSETTI NETS A BACKHAND, RETIRES TRAILING 4-6 6-3 3-0 22. PLAYERS SHAKING HANDS OVER NET, SHAKING HANDS WITH UMPIRE STORY: Jannik Sinner showed his battling qualities to reach the China Open semi-finals with a 6-1 7-5 victory over Hungarian Fabian Marozsan on Monday (September 29), as the Italian stepped up his bid to narrow the rankings gap on world number one Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner lost the top ranking after surrendering his U.S. Open crown to the Spaniard this month but has responded well to the setback in Beijing, claiming a seventh semi-final spot in the eight tournaments he has played this year. The world number two clinched the opening set in 26 minutes thanks to big hitting from the baseline but faced stiffer resistance in the second and had to dust himself off after falling awkwardly in the eighth game. He then found himself a break down at 4-5 but hit back immediately to deny Marozsan the set. Sinner held and pounced on his opponent's serve again in the 12th game, sealing his 40th tour-level match win of a season in which he served a short doping ban. "I feel like I started off very well in the first set. We both played well in the second set. I had some break chances at 4-3, I couldn't use them," Sinner said. "He's someone whose peak is high, which I knew before the match. When he was serving for the set he made a couple unforced errors which helped me to come back and win in two." Up next for the four-times major champion is Australian third seed Alex De Minaur, who reached the semis when Czech 20-year-old Jakub Mensik retired from their match with a left leg injury while trailing 1-4 in the opening set. American teenager Learner Tien reached his first ATP Tour semi-final after fourth seed Lorenzo Musetti retired trailing 4-6 6-3 3-0. The Italian appeared to be hampered by a thigh or groin issue. Eighth seed Daniil Medvedev eased past German second seed Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-3. The Russian has beaten Zverev 14 times in 20 meetings, including eight of their past 10 matches.  (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo, Conal Quinn)

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