The sinner disease gives the open title Alcaraz cincinnati and swiatek takes the crown of women | Tennis

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open for the first time in his career after the world No. 1, Jannik Sinner, his big rival, was forced to withdraw from their highly anticipated final with a disease while following 0-5 in the opening set.

Sinner, who had watched under the weather since the start of the match, said later that he had trouble with the disease since Sunday. “I’m super sorry to disappoint you,” said the Italian.

“By here yesterday, I didn’t feel well. I thought I would improve myself overnight. It remained worse. I tried to go out and do it at least a little game but I couldn’t manage more. I am very, very sorry for all of you. I know that some of you may have worked or do something else, so I’m very, very sorry. ”

In 31C (87F) heat and 57% humidity, extremely difficult conditions but temperatures they both had to sail from the first laps, the sinner has completely watched since the start and his condition only seems to worsen during his five games on the field.

Sinner opened the match with a sloppy opening service, missing three of his first for the first ones served that Alcaraz has attenuated the break. From the beginning of the whole, the sinner seemed determined to maintain points as short as possible because he was unleashed on the forehand and therefore made increasingly wild unfained errors. Between the points, the sinner walked carefully and his face looked rouxed. As the whole was approaching, its movement and its training on the legs on its features have deteriorated.

Alcaraz has not always manipulated well in the face of opponents in difficulty, including Saturday evening when he briefly fought against an Alexander Zverev sick. On his credit, Alcaraz did not offer any free of the sinful point, maintained its own intensity and made itself incredibly difficult to beat. Decreasing 0-4, the sinner asked the coach on the field, but after serving a double fault to fall 0-5 behind, he decided it was time to end the match.

After the pair kissed the net, Alcaraz headed for the bench of Sinner and put an arm around the shoulders of his rival. Sinner then explained to Alcaraz that he hadn’t felt well for some time, but he had “tried to go out for the fans”. Alcaraz replied: “Don’t worry at all.”

Two years ago, Alcaraz lost an incredible match against Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati final, a match which is largely considered one of the biggest games of three sets of all time. Although he returned to win the title, it was not how he imagined it. With the trophy in his hands, Alcaraz appeared lost for the words while he was addressed to the crowd. “As you said, Jannik, it’s not the way I want to win matches, to win the trophy. I just have to say sorry. I know and I understand how you can feel right now. I can’t say anything you don’t know already, but as I say several times, you are really a champion.

Alcaraz has now won eight ATP Masters 1000 titles at the age of 22 – only Rafael Nadal obtained eight Masters 1000 titles at a younger age. Sinner’s retirement ends his winning 26 games on hard grounds.

Swiatek wins the title of simple feminine

IGA Swiatek, third, won the female title in single in Cincinnati by beating the world n ° 7 Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 Monday evening.

Swiatek won the six meetings against Italian, leaving only one set in these matches.

Paolini took a 3-0 advance in the first set, but Swiatek rugged to move forward 5-3. Paolini broke the service to reach 5-5, but Swiatek won a first set victory in 56 minutes.

The eighth AS of the Swiatic match gave him a 5-3 lead in the second set. Paolini broke the service twice in the second set and was in 5-4, but Swiatek was able to serve the match for his 24th simple career title.

She had not managed to pass the semi-finals during her six previous appearances at the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek has reached the semi-finals of Cincinnati each of the last two years, but lost against the possible champions Coco Gauff in 2023 and Aryna Sabalenka in 2024.

Paolini is the first Italian woman to reach the Cincinnati final. Since she was qualified at the Cincinnati Open in 2023, Paolini reached two single -go -only finals, has won a duplicate title of the Grand Colem and an Olympic gold medal.