Alex de Minaur faces Jannik Sinner within the Beijing semifinals after the world No.8 progressed in opposition to Jakub Mensik on Monday.
Beijing, China, 29 September 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Alex de Minaur booked his fourth semifinal berth of 2025 in Beijing on Monday after he progressed over world No.19 Jakub Mensik.
The world No.8 was main the pair’s quarterfinal match 4-1 when Mensik retired as a result of a knee harm.
De Minaur dedicated only one unforced error within the 29-minute encounter, extending his hardcourt wins tally to 34 – probably the most on the ATP Tour in 2025. The 26-year-old additionally equals his profession greatest for many ATP wins in a season with 47.
He surpasses Lorenzo Musetti within the race to the 2025 ATP Finals, which will probably be staged in Turin, Italy, from 9 November. De Minaur strikes into seventh place as he targets qualification on the prestigous eight-man occasion for the second-straight yr.
As for his Beijing marketing campaign, the Australian No.1 subsequent faces world No.2 Jannik Sinner on Tuesday for a spot within the last of the ATP 500 match.
De Minaur final competed in an ATP 500 last in Washington DC, the place he saved three match factors in opposition to Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to declare his tenth ATP singles title.
The Sydneysider hopes to win his first match in opposition to Sinner of their eleventh ATP assembly.
De Minaur is the final Australian standing in Beijing after Maya Joint misplaced her third-round match in opposition to British No.4 Sonay Kartal 6-3 6-2 on Monday.
Joint staged one other robust marketing campaign, reaching the spherical of 32 at a WTA 1000 match for the second time this yr. The 19-year-old recorded victories in opposition to Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva and Diana Shnaider to copy her Cincinnati efforts.
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Joint’s second-round conquer world No.19 Shnaider is her second win over a top-20 opponent in a matter of weeks, after she defeated world No.12 Clara Tauson within the Seoul quarterfinals.
The 19-year-old is ranked world No.35 within the reside WTA rankings, marking one other excessive in her breakthrough yr.
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