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Tennis star throws up in bin during match at China Open

Jannik Sinner battled illness to beat Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals of the China Open on Monday, having been unwell during a previous clash with British star Dan Evans

Jannik Sinner had to vomit into a wheelie bin during his China Open quarter-final victory over Grigor Dimitrov.

On Monday, rising Italian star Sinner was clearly in a bad way but managed to recover and beat Dimitrov 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, booking a mouthwatering matchup against world No.1 and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, who he’s long been tipped to forge a rivalry with. Sinner, 22, had already been unwell during his first-round clash with British ace Dan Evans and failed to fully recover in time to face 32-year-old Bulgarian Dimitrov.

During a changeover, Sinner put his head underneath the lid of a bin and was sick, having developed a bad cold in Beijing. The conditions in the Chinese capital won’t have helped him, with humidity at 70 per cent.

Still, the 22-year-old shone and broke Dimitrov zero during the last game. “A very tough evening, the level was really high,” Sinner explained. “I didn’t feel very good, maybe I ate something wrong. At one point I also threw up a little, but I’m happy with how I handled the situation.”

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