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Tennis: Jannik Sinner completes 250 singles wins | News India

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Tournament top seeds Jannik Sinner and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz returned to the tennis court just days after playing in the China Open final and won their respective matches at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament.

Alcaraz, who won the fourth title of his career in Beijing this year, defeated Sheng Juncheng of China 6-2, 6-2 to achieve his 10th consecutive win. Sinner, who is facing doping charges, registered the 250th win of his career by defeating Japan's Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-4. Czech Republic's 65th-seeded Jakub Mancic caused a major upset by defeating sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3. Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki caused his second upset of the tournament by defeating 35th seed Brendan Nakashima 7-6(4), 6-3. Australia's Alex Poperin continued his campaign with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Serbia's Miomir Kecmanavitch. Another player from Serbia, Novak Djokovic, won the Shanghai Open for the first time since 2019. He defeated Michelson 7–6(3), 7–6(9) after reaching both set tiebreakers.