Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has advanced to his fifth ATP Masters semi-final of the season as the Italian swept aside fifth-ranked Daniil Medvedev in straight sets at the Shanghai Masters.
Sinner started strongly and only faced one break point in his 6-1 6-4 masterclass over the Russian, who needed treatment on his shoulder from the physio during the second set.
“Obviously I’m very happy how I handled today and this match,” Sinner said.
“It felt like he had a bit of shoulder pain and couldn’t hit his forehand as well as he wished to. Hopefully he can recover as fast as possible, but from my side it was a great match, a great battle, and let’s see what I can do now in the semi-finals.”
With Thursday’s win, the two-time major winner has levelled his head-to-head series against Medvedev at 7-7, but has won seven of the last eight meetings with the Russian.
It moved Sinner to his first semi in Shanghai and he will play either second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, in a re-match of their thrilling duel from the China Open last week, or Tomas Machac, who play later on Thursday night.
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