Sinner beats Ymer to reach Next Gen semifinals

MILAN (AP) Italian teenager Jannik Sinner became the first player to reach the semifinals of the Next Gen Finals in Milan as he eased to a dominant victory over Mikael Ymer on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old Sinner, who is the youngest player inside the Top 100, won 4-0, 4-2, 4-1 in his second match at the round-robin event, which features a unique format where each set is first to four games.

In the other Group B match, second-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States - who lost to Sinner on Tuesday - beat Ugo Humbert of France 4-2, 4-3 (5), 3-4 (4), 4-1.

Top-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia, who was runner-up last year, leads Group A after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 4-1, 4-3 (4) 1-4, 4-0 to make it two wins out of two.

Kecmanovic is 1-0 in the tournament as is Norwegian Casper Ruud, who beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 3-4 (2), 4-3 (2), 4-2, 3-4 (2), 4-1.

This is the third edition of the year-end event for the best under-21 players.