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Carlos Alcaraz captured his eighth event title of 2025, defeating Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on the Japan Open on Tuesday.
It was the 67th match win of the season for Alcaraz and got here simply 9 days after Fritz beat the World No. 1 on the Laver Cup. The Tokyo victory offers the Spaniard 24 profession titles at age 22.
Fritz, the second seed, required a medical timeout on the finish of the primary set for a thigh situation and he struggled to maintain up with Alcaraz within the second set of the 93-minute match.
Alcaraz leads Fritz 4-1 of their head-to-head collection.
China Open
Jannik Sinner reached his third consecutive last in Beijing with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Australian Alex de Minaur.
Sinner, the highest seed and World No. 2, saved 11 of 12 break factors in his quest for his twenty first tour title. It was the Italian’s eleventh win in opposition to de Minaur, the third seed, out of 11 profession probabilities.
In the ultimate, Sinner will meet Learner Tien, who superior after Daniil Medvedev was pressured to retire with an damage within the 5-7, 7-5, 4-0 match.
Tien was down a set and a break when he rallied from 3-5 down within the second set to drive a 3rd set. He went up 4-0 earlier than the Russian could not proceed, seemingly as a consequence of cramping.
At 19, Tien turns into the second-youngest finalist in China Open historical past. Only Rafael Nadal was youthful when he was a finalist in 2005. It is the primary profession last for Tien.
–Field Level Media