US EditionAlcaraz wins the Cincinnati Open after Sinner retires in the first set because of illness
Carlos Alcaraz secured his sixth title of 2025 as Jannik Sinner retired early due to illness and heat fatigue, ending Sinner's 26-match hard court winning streak, officials said.
- Jannik Sinner retired after only 24 minutes on the court during the Cincinnati final against Carlos Alcaraz due to illness.
- Sinner expressed his regret to the crowd, stating, "I'm super, super sorry to disappoint you," after calling for a trainer and quitting the match.
- Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title and expressed happiness, saying he was "really, really happy to lift the trophy" after Sinner's retirement.
- Alcaraz noted he had observed Sinner was unwell early in the game, saying, "After the third game, I just noticed that he wasn't feeling good.
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It was the heat perhaps, perhaps the suffocating humidity of Cincinnati or who knows if the indigestion after celebrating last Saturday his twenty-fourth birthday, but the truth is that Jannik Sinner, the unbeatable man, the leader of the world ranking, began to be indisposed this Sunday, a day before the final of the Masters 1000 of Cincinnati before Carlos Alcaraz. The Italian endured, how he would not do it, endured the fever, the nausea, and…
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