Jannik Sinner Sends Message Before Facing Carlos Alcaraz in Cincinnati Open Final originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It comes as no surprise that the world No. 1 and No. 2 are back again for the Cincinnati Open final. Jannik Sinner faces Carlos Alcaraz on Monday for the title.

ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner retired just 23 minutes into the Cincinnati Open men's singles final, allowing Carlos Alcaraz to win the Rookwood Cup.

After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in a little over 20 minutes Monday afternoon, after his nearest rival and world No. 1 Jannik Sinner retired through illness down 5-0. Sinner fought back tears as he was forced to quit the match, which was poised to be another instalment in the most compelling current rivalry in tennis.

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open on Monday after Jannik Sinner was forced to retire due to illness. Alcaraz was already up big on Sinner, the World No. 1, when he had to retire. Sinner told the crowd that he hoped to play after feeling bad overnight, but he couldn't make it work.

The Cincinnati Open men's final Aug. 18 will feature the fourth championship meeting this year between top players Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

The world's top two tennis players met again in the Cincinnati Open this week with No. 1 Jannik Sinner facing No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in their fourth finals matchup of 2025.

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in a little more than 20 minutes after top-ranked Jannik Sinner was forced to retire because of illness during the first set.

It was only the third time the Cincinnati Open men’s final ended in a retirement, and the first since 2011 when Novak Djokovic stopped playing in the second set because of a shoulder injury.

Nathan, a co-founder of the sports website Defector Media, has published “ Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis ” with Gallery Books. He spent the 2024 season squarely focused on Sinner and Alcaraz, in which they split the four majors and accelerated their ascension into a tennis stratosphere of their own creation.