Jannik Sinner reached the last four of the ATP Finals on Wednesday after beating Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-3 to qualify from the Bjorn Borg group with a match to spare.<\/p>\n
World number one Sinner<\/a> is bidding to retain his title at the prestigious end-of-season tournament and he cruised into the semi-finals<\/a> in front of a delighted crowd in Turin.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old was not at his best and struggled with a hand problem at the start of the match, but still had more than enough to see off Zverev<\/a> for the fifth straight time.<\/p>\n “I’ve known Sasha for a long time now and we changed our tactics a bit today. Fortunately, I only needed a break in each set to win. I’m very happy obviously, let’s see how we go in the next match,” said Sinner on court.<\/p>\n “I’ve played well in recent weeks so I came into the tournament feeling good. We want to go as far as possible but also to play the right way.”<\/p>\n Zverev hasn’t beaten Sinner since the 2023 US Open, being destroyed by the Italian in the semi-finals of the recent Paris Masters, and again, the German couldn’t handle the four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n Sinner was brutal on his serve, rattling in 12 aces, and once he took the first set with his third break point of game 10 he never looked back.<\/p>\n Zverev needed to win in straight sets to book his place in the semis but will now have to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>, a 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 winner over Ben Shelton<\/a>, in his final group match on Friday in order to progress.<\/p>\n But he cut an irritated figure on court, frustrated by his inability to capitalise on any of his seven break points, a series of unforced forehand errors and at one point by a flashing advertising sign.<\/p>\n