Bu before facing Sinner: "He had destroyed me in just 1 hour".

Yunchaokete Bu is having an absolutely crazy week in Beijing. After defeating Musetti and Rublev back-to-back, he became the first Chinese player in history to reach the semi-finals of the tournament.

The impressive young player will now tackle the highest mountain of them all, Jannik Sinner.

Interviewed in the press conference, he explained that he already knew a little about his future opponent: "I'm in the semi-finals, and I knew I was going to face someone of this level, so I'm going to try to enjoy the match.

I remember that in junior he destroyed me in just one hour. That's all I remember, but many years have passed since then.

I'm really looking forward to this match, we'll be playing at night again, so the experience against Rublev will help me.

Obviously, I know that tomorrow my opponent will be much stronger, but I was looking forward to playing against the world number 1.

He's one of the leaders of this generation, I'm proud, I know a lot of fans will support me."