The hard-court match in Beijing ended 4-6, 7-6, 6-2. Djokovic, seeded sixth, continued his run at the ATP 500 event with a prize fund of $4.1 million.

For Djokovic, this was already his second win at the China Open: in the round of 32, he beat Nuno Borges 6-3, 7-6. In head-to-head meetings with Yunchaokete Bu, the Serbian now leads 1:0.