Overview

• World No. 2 Jannik Sinner defeated Fabian Marozsan 6-1, 7-5 to make his third straight Beijing semifinal.
• Sinner won in 1 hour 20 minutes, dropping just 18 points on serve and finishing with 19 winners and 19 unforced errors.
• Marozsan served for the second set at 5-4 before Sinner broke back at love and broke again to close out the match.
• Alex De Minaur advanced when Jakub Mensik retired with a left-leg problem while trailing 4-1 in their quarterfinal.
• The victory gave Sinner 40-plus tour-level wins for the fifth consecutive season, a tally reached in a year that included a short doping suspension.