BEIJING (Reuters) -Jannik Sinner showed his battling qualities to reach the China Open semi-finals with a 6-1 7-5 victory over Hungarian Fabian Marozsan on Monday, as the Italian stepped up his bid to narrow the gap on world number one Carlos Alcaraz.

Sinner lost the top ranking after surrendering his U.S. Open crown to the Spaniard this month but has responded well to the setback in Beijing, claiming a seventh semi-final spot in the eight tournaments he has played this year.

The world number two clinched the opening set in 26 minutes thanks to some big hitting from the baseline but faced much stiffer resistance in the second and had to dust himself off after falling awkwardly in the eighth game.

He then found himself a break down at 4-5 but hit back immediately to deny Marozsan the set

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