Carlos Alcaraz and top-ranked Jannik Sinner showed no signs of fatigue from their China Open final this week as they advanced in Shanghai with comfortable straight-set victories in their opening matches.

Brad Gilbert was delighted by the ATP 500 final in Beijing, which Carlos Alcaraz won over Jannik Sinner after a three-set battle lasting more than three hours. A game won by the Spanish tennis player in the decisive tie-break of the third set in which he was down 3-0 and then scored seven points in a row.

The men’s final of this year’s China Open was billed as a battle between two titans and it definitely didn’t disappoint.