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\n Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner<\/a> retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.\n <\/p>\n \n Alcaraz raced into a 5-0 lead in the first set of Monday\u2019s final, the 14th matchup between the world\u2019s two best players, when an out-of-sorts and emotional Sinner announced that he was unable to continue.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m super, super sorry to disappoint you,\u201d Sinner said to the crowd in his on-court interview. \u201cFrom yesterday, I didn\u2019t feel great. I thought that I would improve during the night, but it came up worse.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI tried to come out, tried to make it at least a small match, but I couldn\u2019t handle more, so I\u2019m very, very sorry for all of you.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n This was Alcaraz\u2019s sixth ATP title this year and 22nd overall, going some way to avenging his loss to Sinner in the Wimbledon final<\/a> last month. He now heads to the US Open hoping to win a sixth grand slam crown.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m so sorry for Jannik!\u201d Alcaraz wrote<\/a> on X. \u201cNobody likes to win because their opponent retires, especially in a final like this. Wishing you a speedy recovery! Very happy with my week in Cincinnati and feeling ready for the US Open.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The Spaniard\u2019s victory ended Sinner\u2019s 26-match winning streak on hard courts, as well as denying his opponent back-to-back titles in Cincinnati.\n <\/p>\n \n Sinner is scheduled to play in a revamped mixed doubles competition<\/a> at the US Open alongside Czech Republic\u2019s Kate\u0159ina Siniakov\u00e1 on Tuesday, though his participation is now in doubt.\n <\/p>\n \n Asked about how he now switches his focus to the US Open, Sinner said that he has \u201ca couple of days of recovery,\u201d per<\/a> the ATP Tour, suggesting that he will skip the mixed doubles to focus on singles.\n <\/p>\n \n Alcaraz and Sinner have split the past seven grand slam titles, while Alcaraz\u2019s first title in Cincinnati sees him close the gap on his rival at the top of the world rankings.\n <\/p>\n \n In the women\u2019s final, Iga \u015awi\u0105tek<\/a> defeated Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 to claim a first Cincinnati title and 24th on the WTA Tour, adding to the maiden Wimbledon crown she won last month.\n <\/p>\n \n Despite trailing 3-0 in the first set, \u015awi\u0105tek rallied to take the victory in an hour and 49 minutes and maintain her unbeaten record against Paolini across six matches.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cPlaying so well here in Cincinnati where it\u2019s always tough and on faster, hard courts \u2013 it\u2019s a great boost of confidence,\u201d \u015awi\u0105tek, who didn\u2019t drop a set throughout the tournament, told<\/a> Tennis Channel.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m really happy that the work that I\u2019ve been doing paid off \u2026 Everything clicked and I could play better and better every match of the tournament.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-94347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sinner](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-08-18t205544z-739151005-rc2v9gamoc6e-rtrmadp-3-tennis.JPG\")
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