World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz dug deep to beat reigning champion and World No. 1 Jannik Sinner to lift his first China Open ATP 500 title here on Wednesday.

The Spaniard came from a set down to register a 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) triumph against the Italian. With his title run on the hard courts of Beijing, Alcaraz thus became the first player to win an ATP 500 crown on all three surfaces (hard, clay and grass) in the hstory of the series (since 2009).