Sinner gives himself a scare, then takes over

Jannik Sinner's debut in Beijing was less quiet than expected.

Playing against Nicolas Jarry, the world number 1 initially had to put up with the Chilean's resistance, before taking control of the match and winning fairly comfortably in 3 sets (4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in 1h55).

Faced with Jarry's devastating serve and relentless aggression (12 aces, 29 winners), Sinner needed just one set to find his rhythm.

Covering his court better and better, the 23-year-old finally committed hardly the slightest error (11 unforced errors) and was content to blow away an increasingly irregular opponent (47 unforced errors).

For a place in the quarter-finals, he will face the winner of the duel between Stan Wawrinka and Jan-Lennard Struff.