Sinner beats Dimitrov to reach French Open semis

Jannik Sinner continued his pursuit of a 2nd Grand Slam successful 2024 by comfortably beating Grigor Dimitrov to scope nan semi-finals of nan French Open.

The Australian Open victor hit nan Bulgarian 10th seed 6-2 6-4 7-6 (7-3) successful Paris.

Italian 2nd seed Sinner had ne'er gone further than nan quarter-final shape astatine Roland Garros but looked successful full power connected Tuesday.

Sinner will look Spanish 3rd seed Carlos Alcaraz aliases Greek ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who play later connected Tuesday, successful nan past four.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic's withdrawal from nan tourney done injury places Sinner firmly among nan favourites to triumph nan title.

It besides intends nan 22-year-old will go nan first Italian to beryllium world number 1 erstwhile nan latest rankings are released adjacent week.

More to follow.