{"id":82408,"date":"2025-08-21T10:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/82408\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:54:04","slug":"patrick-mcenroe-shares-the-good-news-hes-heard-about-jannik-sinner-after-retiring-from-the-cincinnati-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/82408\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick McEnroe shares the \u2018good news\u2019 he\u2019s heard about Jannik Sinner after retiring from the Cincinnati Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Heading into this year\u2019s US Open, it feels like, after the Cincinnati Open, it\u2019s become much tougher to pick an outright choice for the title.<\/p>\n<p>After all, Aryna Sabalenka and <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tennis\/jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> would both have usually been the overwhelming favourites, but exited the most recent event in unceremonious fashion.<\/p>\n<p>The former was well beaten by Elena Rybakina in the semi-finals, with the Italian forced to retire with an illness that saw him fall into a 5-0 deficit against Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>For many, these are just blips. However, for others, it could mark a shake-up in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a> hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Darren Cahill offers update on Jannik Sinner\u2019s fitness ahead of the US Open<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Sinner, his coach has since emerged to ensure that this was in fact just a momentary setback, and should hold no bearing on his chances in New York going forward.<\/p>\n<p>After all, he even emerged on ESPN to quell any fears.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian admitted: \u201cI spoke to him briefly last night. He was feeling a bit better last night. He will take today off as well, that\u2019s the plan, and hopefully get on the court tomorrow and start hitting a few balls\u2026.We are confident he\u2019s going to be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2224877946-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"Darren Cahill watches Jannik Sinner practice\" \/>Photo by Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>This sparked pundit Patrick McEnroe to admit: \u201cThe good news for Sinner is that it\u2019s not an injury, so the illness, they\u2019ll get over that in a couple of days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tennishead.net\/carlos-alcaraz-pinpoints-the-moment-he-realised-something-was-wrong-with-jannik-sinner-in-the-cincinnati-open-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz pinpointed the exact moment he knew something was wrong with Sinner<\/a> after that Cincinnati Open final, in what was a really sad end to a strong tournament from both.<\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner still has to be considered the favourite for the US Open title<\/p>\n<p>With Cahill having confirmed his fitness, it feels as tough Sinner must return to the top of most people\u2019s favourites list for the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>After all, on this surface, he has been near-unstoppable for well over a year now.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Open, and the US Open, have been foregone conclusions before they have even begun. It is simply a surface that adapts phenomenally to his relentless, supremely powerful play style.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will push him all the way, and is a former champion himself in New York. He cannot be discredited.<\/p>\n<p>But Sinner should still be considered the overwhelming favourite, provided nothing like the Cincinnati Open final recurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heading into this year\u2019s US Open, it feels like, after the Cincinnati Open, it\u2019s become much tougher to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[13301,811,41686,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-82408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-cincinnati-open","9":"tag-jannik-sinner","10":"tag-patrick-mcenroe","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}