Jannik Sinner provides concerning update after sudden Cincinnati Open final retirement Jannik Sinner’s preparations for his US Open defence have been disrupted by illness after the World No 1 was forced to retire from his Cincinnati Open final against young rival Carlos Alcaraz, lasting just five games. Sinner was clearly out of sorts on a hot day in Ohio and …
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Jannik Sinner will play Carlos Alcaraz in a final for the fourth time this season after both players secured straight-sets wins in their Cincinnati Open semi-finals. Defending champion Sinner, celebrating his 24th birthday, did not face a break point in a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 win over Terence Atmane. Alcaraz won 6-4 6-3 against an ailing Alexander Zverev, who struggled in …
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Terence Atmane has been the story of the Cincinnati Open so far, having delivered multiple shocking results en route to a maiden ATP Masters 1000 semifinal. After reaching the main draw through qualifying, the Frenchman earned victories over Wimbledon quarterfinalist Flavio Cobolli and Joao Fonseca. Then, in one of the biggest upsets of the season, Atmane defeated Taylor Fritz in …
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Jannik Sinner continued his flawless title defence at the Cincinnati Open with a dominant straight-sets win over Felix Auger-Aliassime. After two failed previous attempts, the Italian finally got a win against the Canadian, beating him 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the semifinals at the ATP Masters 1000 event. Sinner’s winning streak on hard court now extends to 25, and he …
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World number one Jannik Sinner reached the Cincinnati Open quarter-finals with a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victory over a stubborn Adrian Mannarino. Sinner quickly took control of the match when he broke the 37-year-old Frenchman in the third game. Mannarino, ranked 89th in the world, saved a break point in the seventh game with an ace but the left-hander could not …
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Jannik Sinner had lost five in a row to Carlos Alcaraz before the 2025 Wimbledon final and wasn’t prepared to suffer a sixth-straight defeat. Just one month on from Sinner’s heartbreaking defeat to Alcaraz in the French Open final, the pair met in another major final, at Wimbledon. Stepping onto Centre Court as a slight underdog, Sinner lost the opening …
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Sin-caraz here to stay The level of shot-making and athleticism produced by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz as their fast-developing rivalry continued in the men’s singles final was a joy to behold. Except, perhaps, if you’re one of the guys trying to usurp them. The pair look set to maintain a stranglehold on the men’s game for the foreseeable future. …
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How does a person recover from this: holding three championship points in a Roland-Garros final, only to let them slip, fight for two more hours, and lose the whole thing in the fifth-set super-tiebreak, against your internationally beloved arch rival, who was spurred on by the crowd? That experience would pulverize the average person psychologically. But if you had to …
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Follow live coverage of reaction and anlaysis THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final on Sunday. The No. 1 seed prevailed over the No. 2 seed in a tight match ultimately decided by two stunning set points, Alcaraz’s grass tools malfunctioning and Sinner’s steadiness behind and against second serves. …
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LONDON — Jannik Sinner defeated two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon championship and reverse the result of their epic French Open final five weeks ago. The No. 1-ranked Sinner earned his fourth Grand Slam title overall, moving him one away from No. 2 Alcaraz’s total as the two young rivals …
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