World primary Jannik Sinner continued his excellent begin on the ATP Finals with a dominant win over Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Enjoying on house soil in Turin, Sinner received 6-3 6-4 to prime the Ilie Nastase group with three wins from three.
Sinner’s place within the semi-finals had earlier been confirmed by Taylor Fritz’s 5-7 6-4 6-3 defeat of Alex de Minaur.
He returned the favour by seeing off Medvedev, with the Russian needing to beat Sinner in straight units if he was to qualify forward of American Fritz.
Sinner and Fritz will uncover their semi-final opponents on Friday with Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev nonetheless in a position to qualify.
“No choice [on who I play]. Whoever it’s going to be on the opposite aspect of the online I’ll attempt to play the perfect tennis I can,” Sinner informed Sky Sports activities.
High seed Sinner has but to drop a set in Turin as he seeks a powerful finish to a yr by which he has received his first two Grand Slam titles, but in addition been embroiled in an ongoing doping controversy.
“I am right here, I do know what I’ve achieved throughout this yr so I attempt to step on courtroom with an excellent mindset,” Sinner mentioned in his on-court interview.
“I’ve an excellent crew round me. I’ve lovely individuals round me who help me each day and want for me.”
The Australian and US Open champion dropped simply two factors on serve in the course of the first set as Medvedev was undone by 17 unforced errors.
Sinner broke for a 5-3 lead earlier than serving out the opener and carried his momentum into the second, hanging first once more.
Medvedev responded to maneuver degree at 3-3, however extra unforced errors proved expensive for the fourth seed and Sinner took benefit to interrupt at 4-4, a lot to the delight of the partisan crowd.
A winner of seven ATP Tour titles in 2024, the Italian calmly served out the match for his 68th win from 74 matches.
“I am right here looking for new methods to enhance as a participant. I am right here attempting to win as many as matches as I can,” Sinner added.