Shanghai Masters: Jannik Sinner tames Tomas Machac to reach final; to face winner of Djokovic-Fritz
Shanghai Masters: Jannik Sinner tames Tomas Machac to reach final; to face winner of Djokovic-Fritz
World number one Jannik Sinner reached the final of the Shanghai Masters after convincingly defeating the Czech Republic's Tomas Machac 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday.
Sinner will face either Novak Djokovic -- a four-time Shanghai champion -- or world number seven Taylor Fritz in the final.
The 33rd-ranked Machac was looking to repeat his giant-slaying of Thursday, when he knocked out world number two Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets.
The semi-final got off to an electric start when the Czech broke Sinner in the first game.
But the two-time Grand Slam champion kept his cool to break back in the fourth, then claimed the tenth game to clinch the set.
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In the second set, neither was able to break serve until the 12th game, when the Italian hit a winner to book his place in Sunday's final.
"It was very tough... he is playing with so much confidence and he can hit a ball really hard, and is serving very well," said Sinner.
"I tried to stay there mentally... I'm very happy about how I'm fighting at the moment."
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