The Italian Jannik Sinner, seeded n°1, dismissed the lucky Russian loser Roman Safiullin (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) and reached the quarter-finals of the Beijing tournament on Saturday night session, at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.
Sinner, 1st in the ATP rankings, will face Jiri Lehecka in the quarter-finals of the Beijing tournament.
The Italian won against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry (4-6, 6-3, 6-1), before his victory against Safiullin, ranked 69th in the ATP, on Saturday.
The Russian tennis player eliminated Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka (6-3, 6-4).
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The other posters of the second round in Beijing (ATP 500, Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, 3,720,165 USD, results displayed from newest to oldest):
- Tallon Griekspoor – Carlos Alcaraz: to play
- Karen Khachanov – Francisco Cerundolo: to play
- Yunchaokete Bu – Lorenzo Musetti: to play
- Andrey Rublev – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: to play
- Adrian Mannarino – Daniil Medvedev: scheduled for Saturday
- Jiri Lehecka – Roberto Bautista Agut (Q): 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli – Pavel Kotov (Q): 6-4, 6-2