{"id":1345,"date":"2025-10-04T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2025-10-04T03:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T03:23:44","slug":"sinner-thrashes-tien-to-win-china-open-for-21st-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Sinner thrashes Tien to win China Open for 21st title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jannik Sinner won the 21st title of his career by thrashing American teenager Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open final on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Italian lifted the trophy for the second time on Beijing&#8217;s hard courts, having done so on his tournament debut in 2023, and is eyeing a return to world number one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yemi Alade - Tomorrow (Official Music Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4u2yMsPdG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 24-year-old&#8217;s only loss on Beijing&#8217;s centre Diamond Court has been to great rival and top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year&#8217;s final in three gripping sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A very, very special place for me,&#8221; said the victorious Sinner, a four-time Grand Slam champion and top seed this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alcaraz was not defending his title in the Chinese capital and on Tuesday won the Japan Open in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinner broke immediately in the first set on the way to outclassing the 19-year-old Tien, who was in his first ATP final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Congrats to Jannik on a great week, another title, an honour to share the court with you today,&#8221; he told the world number two afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world no. 52 got a rare chance to break in the second game of the second set but Sinner quickly retook control, ending a one-sided match with 10 aces over the 1h 12min final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tien would have been Beijing&#8217;s lowest-ranked champion in tournament history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 19 years and 9 months old, Tien would also have been the second-youngest American Tour champion since Andy Roddick in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it was, he was never really in it, despite some flashes of his rich potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You are showing throughout the whole season what a talent you are,&#8221; Sinner said in the aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinner&#8217;s emphatic win was his third title this season, after victories at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinner may now have a chance to snatch back the top ranking before the season ends after Alcaraz pulled out of the Shanghai Masters injured on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spaniard took the world number one ranking from Sinner when he defeated the Italian in the U.S. Open final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinner will be the top seed in Shanghai, which began this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/japantoday.com\/category\/sports\/sinner-thrashes-tien-to-win-china-open-for-21st-title\">(JapanToday)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner won the 21st title of his career by thrashing American teenager Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2 in the China Open final on Wednesday. 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