Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will duel once again on Wednesday as the former set up the tie with a win over Bu Yunchaokete.
They have played only one final to date, in Umag in 2022, with victory for the Italian. From then until now in the China Open they had faced each other six times: quarterfinals in the US Open 22' and then five semis between 2023 and 2024 with 3 wins for Carlitos and 2 for the Italian.
Precisely Sinner's last defeat took place in this very place, at the 2023 Beijing Tournament. After that, two wins for the player from El Palmar: semis at Indian Wells and Roland Garros this season. Now, with both at a very high level, they meet again.
Carlos Alcaraz eliminated Daniil Medvedev with ease and Sinner has done the same with the local player Bu Yuncchaokete, whom he defeated in two sets.
Tomorrow, great final at one o'clock in the afternoon in a duel that is more important than the title: both have won two Grand Slams this season and the perception of who is better of the two may go through who takes the victory in Beijing.
The first set was solved by the Italian against Yunchaokete by 6-3, but the Asian showed in the second that he is a player who will have to be taken into account in the coming months and managed to force a sudden death in which the Italian showed his class by not giving any kind of option to his rival. Both had more errors than the winners and Sinner had to save multiple break chances in the opener. But Yunchaokete had to save more break points as he faced six but he didn't save one of those which gave Sinner the opener.
The second set was similar as Sinner had to stand firm to the Chinese challenge. He didn't allow a break in his first three service games even though he did have to save a break point. But this changed as Sinner managed to surge towards the win.
We expect at this time the best match that can be seen in the world of tennis with the permission of a Novak Djokovic who obviously still deserves to be taken into account despite the fact that he will say goodbye to this year without extending his record of Grand Slams.
Jannik Sinner & Carlos Alcaraz will face each other in the final of Beijing. The two men leading the new generation of tennis are meeting in a final for the first time this year. Carlos leads the head to head 5-4 & he won both of their meetings in 2024. But the last time…
