Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will chase his seventh ATP title of the year in the Shanghai Masters final after beating Tomas Machac 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday.
Oct 12, 2024 at 07:51 AM ETSHANGHAI — His 64th match win of the year set up a final against four-time Shanghai champion Novak Djokovic or seventh-ranked Taylor Fritz.
“I just tried to stay there every point, to see what was going to happen," Sinner said."Just playing every point with the maximum intensity I could, so I’m very happy about that. I’m happy to be back in a final again. In Saturday’s other semifinal, Djokovic starts with a 9-0 head-to-head record against Fritz. It is Djokovic’s 77th Masters semifinal and Fritz's fifth.Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rallied from a slow start to beat an in-form Coco Gauff 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals to advance to her third straight Wuhan final and preserve her perfect record at the tournament.
In a fight between the last two U.S. Open champions, Gauff led by a break early in the second but Sabalenka responded to pull level at 4-4 and saved a break point on serve to take a 5-4 lead.
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