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<\/p>\n Cincinnati
\n Cincinnati Draw: Sinner & Alcaraz learn path towards another possible final showdown<\/p>\n
World’s Top 2 players have met in final of past three events they contested together<\/p>\n
August 05, 2025<\/p>\n
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Andrew Eichenholz\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is the defending Cincinnati Open champion.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Top seeds Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> have learned their possible paths towards a potential fourth consecutive meeting in a final following the release of the Cincinnati Open<\/a> draw Tuesday.<\/p>\n The expanded 12-day ATP Masters 1000 series tournament begins on Thursday, the same day that the final of the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers<\/a> final will be contested in Toronto. <\/p>\n View the draw<\/a><\/p>\n Long time no see \ud83d\ude1c@janniksin<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d @carlosalcaraz<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GOfoUSKhRT<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Cincinnati Open<\/a> (@CincyTennis) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Of the past three events they have both played, Sinner and Alcaraz have met in the final, with Alcaraz taking the honours in Rome and Roland Garros<\/a> before Sinner snapped a five-match losing streak against the Spaniard in the Wimbledon<\/a> final. They are locked in a two-man battle for\u00a0ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours.<\/p>\n Defending champion Sinner will open against a qualifier or World No. 80 Czech Vit Kopriva<\/a>. The reigning Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> champion is seeded to meet big-serving Canadian youngster Gabriel Diallo<\/a> in the third round, American 13th seed Tommy Paul<\/a> in the fourth round and fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> in the quarter-finals. <\/p>\n Second-seed Alcaraz, who fell to Novak Djokovic<\/a> in the 2023 title match in arguably the greatest three-set final in ATP Masters 1000 history, plays his first match against the winner of Italian Mattia Bellucci<\/a> and Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2019s Damir Dzhumur.<\/p>\n Alcaraz, who boasts a tour-leading 48 match wins on the season according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, is seeded to meet Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor<\/a> in the third round, Miami champion Jakub Mensik<\/a> in the fourth round and sixth-seeded Australian Alex de Minaur<\/a> in the quarter-finals. <\/p>\n Fourth seed Taylor Fritz<\/a>, who joins Sinner in the top half, opens against Croatia\u2019s Borna Coric<\/a>, the 2022 Cincinnati champion, or Australian Christopher O\u2019Connell. <\/p>\n Third seed Alexander Zverev<\/a>, who is through to the Toronto semi-finals, joins Alcaraz in the bottom half. He faces the winner of French veteran Gael Monfils<\/a> and American wild card Nishesh Basavareddy<\/a> in the second round. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n