Sinner advances to China Open men's final and Gauff to women's quarterfinals | iNFOnews.ca
Jannik Sinner of Italy returns a forehand shot to Fabian Marozsan, of Hungary during a men's singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center, in Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Sinner advances to China Open men’s final and Gauff to women’s quarterfinals

BEIJING (AP) — Top-seeded Jannik Sinner won his 11th straight career match against Alex de Minaur and advanced to the final of the China Open on Tuesday.

Sinner’s 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory earned him a ninth straight final at hard-court tournaments, which will be on Wednesday against Daniil Medvedev or Learner Tien.

The No. 2-ranked Sinner dropped a set to No. 8 De Minaur for just the second time in his career before retaking control with a series of forceful forehands.

The ATP event in Beijing runs concurrently with the WTA event and Coco Gauff advanced to the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Gauff broke Belinda Bencic’s serve to open the deciding set and went on to beat the Swiss player 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

The second-seeded Gauff improved her career record against 15th-seeded Bencic to 4-2.

Three of those matches have come this year, including Gauff’s win at the Australian Open in January. But Bencic won at Abu Dhabi, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist made the Indian Wells quarterfinals and advanced to the Wimbledon semis.

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Sinner advances to China Open men's final and Gauff to women's quarterfinals | iNFOnews.ca
Coco Gauff of the United States reacts after scoring a point against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland during a women’s singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Sinner advances to China Open men's final and Gauff to women's quarterfinals | iNFOnews.ca
Coco Gauff, of the United States returns a backhand shot from Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland during the women’s singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Sinner advances to China Open men's final and Gauff to women's quarterfinals | iNFOnews.ca
Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland plays a forehand return to Coco Gauff, of the United States during the women’s singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Sinner advances to China Open men's final and Gauff to women's quarterfinals | iNFOnews.ca
Coco Gauff, of the United States plays a forehand return to Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland during the women’s singles match of the China Open tennis tournament, in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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