Jannik Sinner beats Learner Tien to win China Open

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Sinner rebounds from his caller US Open last decision to Carlos Alcaraz with a 3rd rubric of the play successful Beijing.

Published On 1 Oct 2025

Jannik Sinner won the 21st rubric of his vocation by thrashing American teen Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2 successful the China Open final.

The Italian lifted the trophy for the 2nd clip connected Beijing’s hard courts connected Wednesday, having done truthful connected his tourney debut successful 2023, and is eyeing a instrumentality to satellite fig one.

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The 24-year-old’s lone nonaccomplishment connected Beijing’s centre Diamond Court has been to large rival and top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who won past year’s last successful 3 gripping sets.

“A very, precise peculiar spot for me,” said the victorious Sinner, a four-time Grand Slam champion and apical effect this week.

Alcaraz was not defending his rubric successful the Chinese superior and connected Tuesday won the Japan Open successful Tokyo.

Sinner broke instantly successful the archetypal acceptable connected the mode to outclassing the 19-year-old Tien, who was successful his archetypal ATP final.

“Congrats to Jannik connected a large week, different title, an honour to stock the tribunal with you today,” helium told the satellite fig 2 afterwards.

The satellite no. 52 got a uncommon accidental to interruption successful the 2nd crippled of the 2nd acceptable but Sinner rapidly retook control, ending a one-sided lucifer with 10 aces implicit the 1h 12min final.

Sinner eyes no.1 ranking

Tien would person been Beijing’s lowest-ranked champion successful tourney history.

At 19 years and 9 months old, Tien would besides person been the second-youngest American Tour champion since Andy Roddick successful 2002.

As it was, helium was ne'er truly successful it, contempt immoderate flashes of his affluent potential.

“You are showing passim the full play what a endowment you are,” Sinner said successful the aftermath.

Sinner’s emphatic triumph was his 3rd rubric this season, aft victories astatine the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

Sinner whitethorn present person a accidental to snatch backmost the apical ranking earlier the play ends aft Alcaraz pulled retired of the Shanghai Masters injured connected Tuesday.

The Spaniard took the satellite fig 1 ranking from Sinner erstwhile helium defeated the Italian successful the US Open last connected September 7.

Sinner volition beryllium the apical effect successful Shanghai, which began this week.