Overview

• Jannik Sinner beat Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2 in about 1 hour 20 minutes to reach the second round of the ATP 500 in Beijing.
• The world No. 2 will face France’s Terence Atmane (No. 68) next, after the left-hander defeated Zhang Zhizhen; scheduling lists the match for Saturday.
• Sinner’s serve showed improvement, landing 77% first serves and winning over 75% of points behind the first delivery, while conceding only one break point which he saved.
• He said he is testing small tweaks—especially on serve—and accepting a higher error rate during the transition, and he has added physiotherapist Alejandro Resnicoff to his team.
• The ranking race continues with Carlos Alcaraz playing the Tokyo ATP 500 by personal choice, as a public debate over court speeds raised by Roger Federer drew Sinner’s response that conditions have long been broadly similar on hard courts.