By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Jannik Sinner launched his quest to reclaim the Beijing title with a bang.
In a match of former US Open champions, Sinner broke serve 4 instances crushing Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2 in at present’s China Open opener.
It was Sinner’s first match since bowing to Carlos Alcaraz on this month’s US Open closing on September seventh.
The highest-seeded Sinner received 18 of 29 factors performed on the Croatian’s second serve. Sinner saved the lone break level he confronted.
The match was deadlocked at 2-all when Sinner surged via 4 video games in a row to grab the primary set.
Shifting Cilic corner-to-corner with blistering groundstrokes, Sinner stormed to a 5-1 second-set lead.
The reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon winner saved the one break level he confronted at 30-40 within the final sport earlier than serving out a one hour, 21-minute triumph.
Launching his quest for a 3rd straight Beijing Open closing, Sinner raised his 2025 report to 38-5.
The 2023 China Open champion, Sinner fell to Carlos Alcaraz, who’s taking part in Tokyo this week, within the 2024 closing.
Sinner, who has reached finals in six of seven event begins this season, improved to 60-0 vs. opponents ranked outdoors the Prime 10 on onerous courts since his loss to Ben Shelton on the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai.
The 23-year-old Italian will face 23-year-old Frenchman Terence Atmane subsequent.
Qualifier Atmane defeated Chinese language wild card Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-2.
Frenchman Alexandre Muller upset fifth-seeded Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4. Muller will play Fabian Marozsan subsequent.
