Jannik Sinner reached his third China Open final in a row on Tuesday and will face talented teenager Learner Tien as defending women’s champion Coco Gauff battled on.

The world number two Sinner beat Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and is one victory away from a second title in Beijing.

The Italian will be red-hot favourite in Wednesday’s final against unseeded American Tien, 19, who beat a hobbling Daniil Medvedev.

Their semi-final went to a deciding third set but the 29-year-old Russian fell 0-4 down and was barely able to move by the end, before retiring in pain and angry.

The famously feisty Medvedev, whose leg was strapped and had been dealing with cramps, was handed a code violation for lack of effort in the second game of the third set.

That triggered a furious respons

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