Qilunet Lightning News, October 5, 2023 China Open ushered in the first final day of competition on the 4th, in the evening men's singles peak showdown staged on the diamond court, No. 6 seed Sinner defeated No. 2 seed Medvedev 7-6 (2) 7-6 (2) to win the Chinese Open title for the first time.
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No. 2 seed Dmitry Medvedev and No. 6 seed Sinner are the mainstay of the post-90s generation and the other is the new force of the post-00s. The two have met six times before, Medvedev won all 6 games, and almost everyone thought before the match that Medvedev would win the title without suspense.
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In the first set, the two men clenched the score, and only Sinner delivered a break point in the fifth game but managed to save it. Coming to the tie-break, Sinner had just passed the seven-break test and beat Alcaraz to break the tie-breaker to take the first set 7-2.
In the second set, the two sides still did not give in the slightest, and the wonderful rounds continued, repeating the score of the first set to tie seven. In the tie-break, Sinner continued his recent seven-for-seven concentration and high level, winning the second set 7-2 with the same tie-break.
In the previously concluded men's doubles final, top-seeded Dodig and Krajšek won the title 6-7 (12) 6-3 10-5 against second-seeded Kurhof and Skapsky, their fifth men's doubles trophy this season.
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Lightning News reporter Wang Zhiqin reported from Beijing