
The world's top two tennis players met again in the Cincinnati Open this week with No. 1 Jannik Sinner facing No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in their fourth finals matchup of 2025.
But compared to Alcaraz's win in a French Open marathon thriller and Sinner's revenge victory at Wimbledon, Monday's Cincinnati final ended on a rather abrupt note after Sinner retired in the first set due to illness.