In the 2025 Cincinnati Open final, Carlos Alcaraz won after Jannik Sinner retired due to illness early in the first set. Andy Roddick suggested Alcara

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.

On Monday, Carlos Alcaraz claimed his first Cincinnati Masters title in unusual circumstances. World no. 1 Jannik Sinner was forced to retire due to illness while trailing 5-0, handing the trophy to his greatest rival.

It was only the third time the Cincinnati Open men’s final ended in a retirement, and the first since 2011 when Novak Djokovic stopped playing in the second set because of a shoulder injury.

The 2025 Cincinnati Open has been expanded to include more players — and therefore last longer — this year. The tournament will now run for two weeks, beginning on August 7, with the finals landing on a Monday (August 18). The men's final on Aug. 18 begins at 3 p.m. ET and the women's final will take place after that, no earlier than 6 p.m. ET.

There is no doubt that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are the two top favorites to win this edition of the US Open, which will take place in New York from August 24 to September 7. Both have won this tournament once and are perfectly aware of its importance for the race for the first position in the ATP rankings as well.

Ten seeded players were in action during the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals Aug. 15. Here's how the action unfolded in Mason.

Carlos Alcaraz's Cincinnati Open quarter-final match against Andrey Rublev was halted for an emergency in the stands. The Spaniard held to lead 1-0 in the deciding set when chair umpire Mohamed Lahyani realised someone in the crowd was struggling, and raced over to bring them water and an umbrella.