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Sinner powers past Bublik, reaches Vienna SFs

Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik renewed their entertaining rivalry on Friday evening at the Erste Bank Open, where the top-seeded Italian prevailed 6-4, 6-4 to move within two wins of his fourth title of 2025.

Sinner lost to Bublik in Halle in June but has since put the 28-year-old to the sword. The World No. 2 dropped just three games en route to a fourth-round win at the US Open in September and was close to his best once again on Friday evening in Vienna.

The 24-year-old suffocated the World No. 16 with his relentless striking and achieved a performance rating of 9.23, which combines In Attack, Conversion, Steal and Shot Quality to show overall performance level. Sinner recorded a 9.61 performance rating in his 58-minute first-round win against Daniel Altmaier, which was his second-highest rating of the season. Sinner now leads Bublik 6-2 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series following his quarter-final win.

"It is a tough, a tough matchup. I am very happy," Sinner said. "I tried to return as many balls as possible, I felt he was serving great today. I am happy I had some chances. Early in the first set I had some but I could not use them but I am happy I was able to stay there mentally. He is a very dangerous player but I tried to stay as solid as possible, so I am very happy."

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Sinner lifted the trophy in his previous appearance in Vienna in 2023 and is 15-4 at the event, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. The 24-year-old has also won his past 19 indoor matches and will meet Alex de Minaur in the semi-finals.

The Australian overcame Matteo Berrettini 6-1, 7-6(4) to claim his 53rd win of the season. Only Carlos Alcaraz has recorded more victories on Tour in 2025. De Minaur has also reached four ATP 500 semi-finals this year, tying Alcaraz for the most appearances at that stage. The 26-year-old captured the ATP 500 title in Washington.

De Minaur recovered from squandering a match point on serve at 5-4 against Berrettini, eventually prevailing in the second-set tie-break to improve to 2-3 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with the Italian.

De Minaur is seventh in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, 500 points ahead of ninth-placed Felix Auger-Aliassime, who retired from his quarter-final match in Basel on Friday. De Minaur is chasing his second appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals.

One man who will be in Turin is Alexander Zverev. The two-time year-end champion sealed his spot by reaching the semi-finals in Vienna. The German did not even step onto court on Friday, with Tallon Griekspoor withdrawing ahead of the match due to a back injury.

Zverev is seeking his second title in Vienna, having won in 2021. The World No. 3 will play Lorenzo Musetti in the last four. Musetti closed the day with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Corentin Moutet. Aiming for his maiden trip to the Nitto ATP Finals, Musetti currently holds the final qualifying spot at eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, just 60 points behind seventh-placed Alex de Minaur.

By defeating Moutet, Musetti captured a personal-best 41st win of the season. He will look to add to that count against Zverev, whom the Italian leads 3-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Heaad series. Musetti beat Zverev in the Vienna quarter-finals last year 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-4.

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