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Jannik Sinner reached his eighth ATP final of the season with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Alex de Minaur in Vienna.
The Italian world number two took his unbeaten record to 12 wins against the Australian third seed as he claimed a fourth consecutive straight sets victory at the ATP 500 tournament.
Sinner was twice broken – once in each set – but battled his way through what he described as a “physical” encounter to set up a showdown against countryman Lorenzo Musetti or second seed Alexander Zverev in Sunday’s final.
“I am happy how I handled it,” said the top seed, who is aiming to add a fourth title of the season after wins at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and China Open..
“I was a break up in the second and he broke me back. I tried to stay strong mentally so I am very happy about today’s performance and obviously to be in another final.”
Sinner retired from his previous tournament in Shanghai with severe cramp and said he arrived in Austria “quite late” as he bid to repeat his 2023 title success in Vienna.
He extended his winning streak on indoor hard courts to 20 matches, equalling Sir Andy Murray’s best run on the surface but still well short of John McEnroe’s 47.
“I tried to take every day in the best possible way,” added Sinner, who became the first man since Novak Djokovic in 2015-16 to appear in eight finals in successive seasons.
“It was not easy to [reach] the final here, so I’m very happy.
“I was trying to play some good tennis, trying to serve very well. The first set was very physical, so I’m happy that I won in two sets today.”
In Basel, 19-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca reached the first ATP 500 final of his career with a 7-6 (7-4) 7-5 victory over unseeded Spanish player Jaume Munar at the Swiss Indoors.
