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Zverev wins Beijing opener

… as Gauff launches title defence

ALEXANDER ZVEREV saw off Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 6-3 with a decisive ace at the China Open on Friday as Coco Gauff launched her bid for a repeat crown. World No. 3 Zverev, the sec ond seed in Beijing, next faces France’s Corentin Moutet. The German and Sonego went toe-to-toe for 50 minutes before Zverev converted a break to edge the 30-year-old Italian in the first set after a brief back-and-forth at the net. A confident Zverev won four straight games in the second for a commanding 5-1 lead. Although 44th-ranked Sonego held on a little longer, the 28-year-old closed out the match with an ace on his first match point. “Good start to a tourna ment,” Zverev told Chinese platform Migu Sports after the win. “(Sonego is) somebody that is tricky for me. “We had long matches, tough battles in the past but I’m happy to be through, defi nitely.” Also in action at the Beijing

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4, 6-0 to secure a spot in the last 32. “I think the mindset is a little bit different just because when you play well at a place, you have a lot of confidence,” Gauff said after the match. “When those tough moments happen, you feel the familiarity of the conditions from the years before that,” she said. The defending Beijing cham pion powered through a few drawn-out games to take down the 89th-ranked Russian in her first appearance since the US Open. “I expected it to be close,” Gauff told reporters. “She’s a great player, and she’s had competitive results with top players in the last few tournaments.“I just found my rhythm and got in the flow.” The world No. 3 from the United States will next face Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who triumphed 6-2, 6-0 over Greece’s Maria Sakkari. Also into the next round is fellow American Amanda Anisimova. – AFP happen on maybe the one-off Slam where they have a random loss or something like that,” Fritz said. “I need to be able to play at a level where, on a day at a Grand Slam, I can be able to beat one of them and make it happen that way. “I can’t count on them not being there – I feel like they’re always going to be there,” he added. Fritz reached last year’s US Open final by capitalising on the huge hole left by the shock early exits of Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. He saw off 2020 runner-up Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals after defeating eighth seed and 2022 finalist Casper Ruud in the last 16. “I beat who I was supposed to beat to make it to the final. “And it’s becoming more apparent that that’s probably not going to happen that often,” said Fritz. “So if you want to do it, you’re going to have to go through one of those guys.” Fritz beat Alcaraz at the Laver Cup last week and he could face the Spaniard again in the final in Tokyo this week. Fritz struggled at times against world No. 51 Borges but booked his place in the quarterfinals against American Sebastian Korda. – AFP

ATP 500 event, fan favourite Daniil Medvedev beat Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-4. Medvedev hit nine aces for a spot in the last 16, avenging his first-round loss to the Briton at Roland Garros in June. “There were some moments where I could be better but I’m happy with the general level of the match,” the 18th-ranked Russian told reporters. He said that while he was still far from his best tennis, he was improving. “I had dedication, I always have. “But maybe I didn’t put it into the right way,” he said. “That’s what I’m trying to do again, step by step, now.” The 29-year-old is chasing his first title since 2023 but faces stiff competition in Beijing from Zverev and Italy’s Jannik Sinner. Medvedev next plays Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. In the women’s draw, 21 year-old Gauff brushed aside Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova 6

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now the world number five, reached last year’s US Open final, where he lost to Italy’s Sinner. Fritz, who beat Portugal’s Nuno Borges 7-5, 7-6 (7 4) at the Japan Open

TAYLOR FRITZ said Friday he expects Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to

continue dominating Grand Slams but he “can’t count on them not being there” if he wants to win one. World No. 1 Alcaraz and No. 2 Sinner have contested every Grand Slam final this year, with American Fritz the last player to break up the duopoly. F r i t z ,

on Friday, said he could not afford to be afraid of meeting the top two if he wants to win his first Grand Slam title. “I can’t

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