Jannik Sinner dug deep to keep up his unbeaten Asian swing on Sunday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the place the sixth seed overcame Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to guide a fourth-round spot on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion.

Beijing champion Sinner floor down the sometimes resilient Baez for his seventh consecutive win. He powered 29 winners and made simply 11 unforced errors to wrap a two-hour triumph contained in the Qizhong Forest Sports activities Metropolis Enviornment.

“I used to be anticipating a really robust match,” mentioned Sinner, who turned the third participant to achieve 20 Masters 1000 wins this 12 months after Alcaraz and Medvedev. “He was enjoying very well within the first set.

“Within the second set I attempted to play a bit extra aggressive, which labored higher. Whenever you begin by going a break up instantly within the second it’s a little bit simpler to get into the rhythm. I’m very pleased with how I dealt with the state of affairs.”

It was a continuation of his latest high quality kind for Sinner, who lifted his maiden Masters 1000 trophy in August in Toronto and defeated Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev back-to-back to assert the title in Beijing. His opening-round victory in Shanghai in opposition to Marcos Giron had clinched his spot on the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, and he lower a relaxed determine in opposition to Baez regardless of the Argentine making a quick begin within the pair’s maiden Lexus ATP Head2Head assembly.

The Twenty fifth-seeded Baez led 4-1 early and held agency to assert the opening set, however he couldn’t match Sinner’s enhance in degree because the match wore on. The Italian was once more spectacular on the web, a side of his recreation wherein he has proven vital latest enchancment. Sinner received 68 per cent (15/22) of factors shifting forwards.

The subsequent take a look at for Sinner as he chases his second Masters 1000 crown is a fourth-round conflict with Ben Shelton. The #NextGenATP American defeated Roman Safiullin 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 earlier on Sunday.

“[It will be] the primary time that we’ve confronted one another,” mentioned Sinner of the Shelton conflict. “We’ve by no means even pracised collectively. It’s going to be completey new and I’m wanting ahead to it. He’s an excellent participant, serving very massive, so I’m excited for the problem. We are going to see the way it goes and hopefully it’s going to be a very good match.”

One of many gamers in a powerful place to affix Sinner in qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals, Andrey Rublev, additionally claimed victory in Shanghai. The fifth seed downed Quentin Halys 6-4, 7-5 to set a gathering with the in-form Adrian Mannarino, who notched his eighth consecutive tour-level victory by beating Tseng Chun-Hsin 6-2, 6-2. Rublev stays fifth within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Race To Turin.

Hubert Hurkacz and Grigor Dimitrov each boosted their outdoors probabilities of making a late cost to Turin. Hurkacz ended qualifier Hsu Yu Hsiou’s dream run with a 6-4, 6-4 third-round triumph, whereas Dimitrov beat Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match postponed from Saturday attributable to rain. Hurkacz and Dimitrov are sixteenth and nineteenth, respectively, within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Race To Turin.