Alcaraz claims the first crown of Cincinnati after the sinner’s withdrawal

● Spaniard wins the eighth ATP Masters 1000 Trophy, most of any active player as well as Djokovic

Carlos Alcaraz won his sixth title of the season at the Cincinnati Open on Monday after the ferocious rival Jannik Sinner was forced to retire after only 23 minutes in the championship clash.

Looking at a species in the sultry heat, the Sinner defender champion asked the doctor after giving in to a 0-5 advantage in the opening set, but was unable to continue.

With its 22nd Tour Trophy, Alcaraz also strengthened the push for the end of the year n. 1 presented by Pif-Un honor who held for the last time in 2022. The sinner of 1,890 points in the live ride Pif Atp in Turin is leading.

“I’m super, super sorry to disappoint you,” Sinner said to fans. “Since yesterday I haven’t felt very well. I thought I would improve overnight, but it went worse. I tried to go out, I have been doing it at least a small game, but I couldn’t manage more, so I’m very sorry.”

With the defeat, the winning series of Sinner at 26 games on hard courts ends and now he faces rapid healing in front of his defense of the US Open title.

Tuesday the participation of the world n. 1 to the double mixed event, in which it is destined to compete with Katerina Siniakova, it could now be in question.

“This is not the way I want to win trophies, I just have to apologize, I can understand how you have to hear you now,” said Alcaraz to the sinner.

“As I said many times, you are a real champion and I’m sure from these situations, you will come back even stronger, as you always do. This is what the real champions do. I’m sorry and comes back stronger.”

Alcaraz slipped a league point before falling to Novak Djokovic in the 2023 final, which is widely considered one of the most electrifying matches of the ATP Tour in history. But the 22 -year -old Spanish now has his hands on the Trophy in Ohio, which is his eighth ATP Masters 1000 title, most of any active player as well as Novak Djokovic (40).

With a victory for the 54 tour and six titles in 2025, according to the victory/loss index ATP Infosys, Alcaraz will head towards the US Open, which could have enormous consequences in his battle with the sinner for the first place in the world. While Sinner is defending the Flushing Meadows champion, Alcaraz will begin with an advantage of 50 points in the Pif ATP Live charts once their points have removed from 2024 US Open.

After shooting a series of five -games tours against Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final, Sinner aimed to get consecutive victories in his rival for the first time since 2023.

However, Alcaraz can now look at an advantage of 9-5 in their compelling Lexus Atp Head2head series, which presents four consecutive finals this season in Rome, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Cincinnati.

By winning his third ATP Masters 1000 title of the season, following the triumphs in Monte-Carlo and Rome, Alcaraz extended his winning series at that level at 17 games. [atptour.com]

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