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Sinner wins but host of players retire in Basel

Jannik Sinner progressed to the semi-finals of the Vienna Open with a dominant straight-set win over Alexander Bublik.

A single break of serve in both sets was enough for Italian world number two Sinner to maintain his pursuit of his fourth title of the year.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Sinner, who lost only five points on serve during the entire match, will face Australia's Alex de Minaur for a place in the final.

The 24-year-old, dethroned as the top-ranked men's player by Carlos Alcaraz following defeat by his rival in the US Open final, has won 60 of his past 66 matches.

World number 16 Bublik beat Sinner in Halle in June, but the Kazakh was no match for the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion on Friday.

Sinner never conceded more than one point in any of his service games, while applying consistent pressure on Bublik and managing to take two of his eight break points.

Sinner is on a 19-match winning streak on indoor hard courts and a seven-match winning streak in Vienna, having won this title on his previous appearance in 2023.

Semi-final opponent De Minaur progressed by defeating Italian Matteo Berrettini 6-1 7-6 (7-4).

That was his 53rd win of the season - second only to world number one Alcaraz on the ATP Tour in 2025.

Jannik Sinner reaches Vienna Open semi-finals as host of players withdraw at Swiss Indoors

World number two Jannik Sinner progresses to the semi-finals of the Vienna Open with a dominant straight-set win over Alexander Bublik.

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Bencic wins second WTA title since becoming a mother

Belinda Bencic claimed her second WTA title since becoming a mother by beating Linda Noskova in the Pan Pacific Open final.

Bencic, 28, who has now won 10 WTA tournaments, lost the final of this event to Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets 10 years ago.

But she dominated the Czech Republic's Noskova 6-2 6-3 to take the title this time around.

Bencic's other WTA triumph this year came in Abu Dhabi just 10 months after the arrival of her first child - and less than four months since her return from more than a year out on maternity leave.

"I feel like Tokyo and Japan is a happy place in my career, a place where I've had good success and I just love being here," said Switzerland's Bencic, who won gold in the women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics.

"I had a deja vu moment on court. I had match point on the same side of the court, went for the same serve and was telling myself the same things. I had goosebumps, it was really special. It's great to win here again."

When Bencic, a former world number four in 2020, returned to the sport in October 2024, her world ranking had dropped to 1,213.

She has risen up to 13th in the rankings and earlier this year reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon before being beaten by eventual champion Iga Swiatek.

"I'm really enjoying my time back on tour and I think it's showing in the results," she added.

"I couldn't be more happy and I'm definitely surprised. This was definitely not planned."

"It's hard work but it's a lot of self-belief and a lot of mental belief as well.

"I'm really happy to have this confirmation with myself that I'm able to try to even beat my best ranking from before."

Noskova, 20, also lost the China Open final at the start of the month and was looking to add to her solitary WTA win.

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[Cricket Warrior]

Zverev sets up rematch with Sinner in Vienna final

Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner will meet in Sunday's Vienna Open final for the first time since they battled it out for the Australian Open title in January.

Zverev lost the Melbourne final in straight sets but is eager to test himself once more against the world number two after setting up the rematch with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Lorenzo Musetti in Saturday's second semi-final.

Top seed Sinner had earlier reached his eighth ATP final of the season with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Alex de Minaur.

Vienna Open: Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev to meet in final

Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner win in the Vienna Open semi-finals to set up a rematch of January's Australian Open final.

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[Cricket Warrior]

Jannik Sinner fought back from a set down to claim his fourth title of the season with victory over Alexander Zverev in the Vienna Open final.

The top seed, who is currently on a 21 match-winning streak on indoor hard courts, battled through early hamstring cramp to seal the 3-6 6-3 7-5 win in just under two and a half hours.

It marks Sinner's second title of the month, having won the China Open at the start of October, while he also added to his Grand Slam haul with victories at the Australian Open and Wimbledon earlier in the year.


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Norrie sets up meeting with Alcaraz in Paris

Britain's Cameron Norrie is "pumped" at the prospect of facing world number one Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the Paris Masters after beating Sebastian Baez in straight sets.

The world number 31 beat Argentine Baez, ranked 12 places below him, 6-3 6-4 in a match which featured six breaks of serve.

Fellow Briton Jacob Fearnley, 24, was less fortunate in the French capital, losing 6-1 6-4 to Russian 12th seed Andrey Rublev.

Norrie won the opening three games before having his serve broken to 15 as Baez pulled it back to 3-3.

However, the 30-year-old regrouped to win the next three games, converting his second set point.

Norrie threatened to throw away a 3-0 lead again in the second set, saving a break point in the sixth game, and later saved four more in the 10th game before closing out the match at the first opportunity.

Norrie will meet Alcaraz, who exited last year's tournament in the third round, on Tuesday, with the Spaniard playing his first match on tour since beating Taylor Fritz in the Japan Open final at the end of September.



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