ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner retired just 23 minutes into the Cincinnati Open men's singles final, allowing Carlos Alcaraz to win the Rookwood Cup.

Despite their defeat, Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu created one of the most memorable moments of the US Open mixed doubles.. The moment sparked widespread fan admiration and highlighted their unique on-court chemistry.

Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.

After a rough start to the year, Świątek (+310) is now basically neck and neck odds-wise with Sabalenka (+290), who is, again, the defending US Open champion. If anyone can unseat Sabalenka, it sure feels like Świątek is the most likely to do it.

Nathan, a co-founder of the sports website Defector Media, has published “ Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis ” with Gallery Books. He spent the 2024 season squarely focused on Sinner and Alcaraz, in which they split the four majors and accelerated their ascension into a tennis stratosphere of their own creation.

Swiatek and Ruud will meet top seeds Jessica Pegula of the United States and Britain’s Jack Draper in the semi-finals. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

World number one Sinner - who is due to play in the US Open’s revamped mixed doubles tournament on Tuesday - conceded defeat to Alcaraz on Monday after going 5-0 down in the first set

Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz might have lost in the revamped US Open mixed doubles - but they win the hearts of the New York crowd.