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It will be No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in Cincinnati Open men's final
MASON, OH − The matchup most tennis fans wanted is here. The Cincinnati Open men's finals on Monday, Aug. 18 will be between the top 2 players in the world when Jannik Sinner meets Carlos Alcaraz on Center Court of the Lindner Family Tennis Center. More: Elena Rybakina knocks out World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in Cincinnati Open quarterfinals In what has become the rivalry of a new generation of tennis phenoms, Alcaraz and Sinner's last four meetings were all in a tournament final. Last month, Sinner snapped a five-match losing streak to Alcaraz to become the first-ever Italian to win the Wimbledon men's singles title. More: Cincinnati Open quarterfinals ATP, WTA results, schedule | Replay It will be the fourth meeting this year between the two rivals after Alcaraz triumphed on clay at Roland Garros and Rome. The last time the ATP No. 1 and No. 2 met in the Cincinnati Open finals, it resulted in the longest (3 hours, 49 minutes) and arguably the best match in tournament history when Novak Djokovic beat Alcaraz in 2023. Overall, Alcaraz is 8-5 all-time against Sinner, including a 4-2 record on outdoor hard court. 'I'm just really happy to be building such a great rivalry against Jannik (Sinner),' Alcaraz said in his pre-tournament press conference. 'I think we've done great things in tennis in such a short period of time.' Here's how the ATP's top players advanced to the Cincinnati Open finals. ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner ends Terence Atmane's Cinderella run at the Cincinnati Open World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will get a chance to defend his Rookwood Cup title. In the Cincinnati Open semifinals Aug. 16, the ATP's top player defeated World No. 136 Terence Atmane on Center Court, 7-6 (4), 6-2. On his 24th birthday, Sinner extended his hard-court winning streak to 26 consecutive matches and picked up his 200th tour-level win on the concreate (200-49). More: Here are the ATP, WTA semifinal matchups at the Cincinnati Open "My mindset today was in a good spot," Sinner said after having Aug. 15 off. "For my side, I'm very happy to be in a final again." Sinner, the reigning Cincinnati Open champion, will attempt to become the first back-to-back men's singles winner since Roger Federer (2014-2015). Sinner's dominance was enough to end the Cincinnati Cinderella run of Atmane, who began the tournament as a qualifier. Atmane won seven matches in a nine-day stretch, including back-to-back upsets of ATP Top 10 seeds in No. 4 Taylor Frtiz and No. 9 Holger Rune. "He (Atmane) has beaten incredible players throughout his (run) to the semifinals, so I knew I had to be very, very careful," Sinner said. "He has huge, huge potential and I think we saw that throughout the tournament. I wish him all of the best." More: 'I'm gonna learn the rules.' Terence Atmane becoming Reds fan during Cincinnati Open run Atmane arrived in Mason with just five tour-level victories. He'll leave with 10, has doubled his year-to-date prize money and will crack the ATP Top 100 for the first time in his career. Atmane was the first qualifier to reach the Cincinnati Open semifinals since 2015. Atmane didn't go down without a fight against the World No. 1. The left-handed Frenchman landed 78% of his serves in the first set, notching six aces, to force a tiebreak, where Sinner would ultimately prevail. Sinner took full advantage of the match with his first break in the fourth game of the second set to take a 3-1 advantage. ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz knocks out former Cincinnati Open champion Alexander Zverev ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has a chance at redemption. Two years ago, Alcaraz was the No. 1 player in the world when he fell to Novak Djokovic in a marathon, three-set thriller on Center Court. After an upset Round of 32 loss last summer, Alcaraz is back in the Cincinnati Open finals for the second time after knocking out 2021 tournament champ and ATP No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev, 6-4, 6-3. While Sinner has stayed at the ATP's summit for 61 weeks, Alcaraz has put together a storybook 2025 campaign with a tour-best 53 wins and five titles. He's now reached the final in seven consecutive tournaments after a second-round loss in Miami. Alcaraz, who entered 5-6 all-time against Zverev, got a key break in the first game to take a 4-3 lead, then held serve the rest of the way to win the first set. Despite Zverev landing 78% of his first serves and Alcaraz playing with more unforced errors (13 to 8), the Spaniard grabbed momentum and didn't let it go, capturing a tone-setting break to open the second set. Zverev, who battled illness in a win over Ben Shelton Aug. 15, needed medical attention during the second set after fighting back with a break to take a 2-1 lead. The two held serve until 3-3, when Alcaraz turned the match with another break at 4-3 and polished off the victory shortly after over Zverev, who struggled mightily to move efficiently after the medical timeout. "It was difficult. I think we started really well with good rallies and a good level of tennis. Then, all of a sudden, he started to feel bad," Alcaraz said. "My focus was thinking about how he was feeling. It was a difficult situation for me and I just wish him all the best." Alcaraz has now won 16 consecutive matches at ATP Masters 1000 events and is 38-2 overall since the beginning of April. When he lines up against Sinner Aug. 18, it will be Alcaraz's 29 tour-level final and ninth at the ATP Masters 1000 level, with his lone loss coming against Djokovic in Cincinnati two years ago. "I'm really looking forward to playing him (Sinner) once again," Alcaraz said. "For the people, I think it's great watching our matches because we raise our level to the top and we bring really beautiful tennis. I'm ready to take the challenge." The Enquirer updated this story to include photos, quotes and match coverage of the semifinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Open finals: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz meet again
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Here are the ATP, WTA semifinal matchups at the Cincinnati Open
MASON, OH − There are eight players remaining and two titles up for grabs as the Cincinnati Open moves into its final days. Aug. 16 will feature both ATP semifinals at the Lindner Family Tennis Center with the two WTA semifinals scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 17. More: Cincinnati Open ATP, WTA quarterfinal results The Cincinnati Open finals will be held Monday, Aug. 18. Here's a breakdown of this weekend's semifinals at the Cincinnati Open. ATP: No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. Terence Atmane It's the ultimate David vs. Goliath in this matchup as Terence Atmane tries to keep his Cinderella Cincinnati run alive against the best player in the world. More: 'I'm gonna learn the rules.' Terence Atmane becoming Reds fan during Cincinnati Open run Beginning in qualifying Aug. 5, Atmane won seven matches in a nine-day span in what he called "the best days of my life." It's surely been a life-changing week for Atmane, who will move into the ATP Top 100 for the first time and has doubled his year-to-date prize money. Can he slay a giant in Jannik Sinner, who has looked unstoppable in Mason? Sinner has yet to drop a set at the Cincinnati Open and is one of five players this century to notch 25 consecutive hard-court wins. Sinner needed just 59 minutes to dispatch Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals to move to 30-3 on the season. Sinner needs two victories to become the first back-to-back Cincinnati Open men's singles winner since Roger Federer (2014-2015). ATP: No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 3 Alexander Zverev Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are chasing the year-end No. 1 ranking and could meet in another final. Alcaraz is one victory away from reaching the Cincinnati Open finals for the second time in three years after losing to Novak Djokovic in an epic 2023 clash. Alcaraz has had spurts of both brilliance and lackluster play thus far in the tournament, but overcome his stagnant second sets in the end, especially against Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals. Alcaraz, chasing a sixth title this season, will put his 15-match ATP 1000 winning streak on the line against No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev, who needed just 1 hour, 16 minutes to dispatch Canadian Open champion Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals. Zverev is the sixth player since 2000 to reach the Cincinnati Open semifinals four times and knows what it's like to hoist the Rookwood Cup having won it all in 2021. Alcaraz and Zverev have split four career meetings on outdoor hard courts and Zverev holds a 6-5 all-time advantage over the Spaniard. WTA: No. 3 Iga Swiatek vs. No. 9 Elena Rybakina Is this the year Iga Swiatek breaks through at the Cincinnati Open? Swiatek has been bounced from the semifinals of the event in back-to-back years by the eventual champion (Coco Gauff in 2023, Aryna Sabalenka in 2024), and the Cincinnati Open is one of three WTA 1000 events on the calendar she has not reached the finals in. Swiatek has been stellar thus far, winning every set and capturing 36 of 55 total games over four matches thus far. In the quarterfinals, she quickly got past No. 28 seed Anna Kalinskaya, 6-3, 6-4. Swiatek has her toughest test in the semifinals against No. 9 seed Elena Rybakina, who knocked out Aryna Sabalenka in the quarterfinals. Swiatek and Rybakina have met nine times with Swiatek holding a 5-4 advantage. Swiatek has prevailed in the last three on hard courts. WTA: No. 7 Jasmine Paolini vs. Veronika Kudermetova Seeded players were gashed from the top part of this bracket, opening up a nice path on paper for No. 7 Jasmine Paolini or No. 2 Coco Gauff. Paolini and Gauff capped off the night session on Center Court Aug. 15 with the 29-year-old Italian pulling out a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory. Paolini, who is 3-0 against Gauff in 2025, is seeking her third career WTA 1000 title. Up next is Veronika Kudermetova, who has been a giant killer in Mason with three wins over seeded foes before a swift 6-1, 6-2 victory over qualifier Varvara Gracheva in the quarterfinals Aug. 15. Kudermetova is in the semifinals at a WTA 1000 level event for the third time in her career and is still searching for her first title. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Here are the ATP, WTA semifinal matchups at the Cincinnati Open
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12-08-2025
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Power outage disrupts Cincinnati Open
A power outage at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament created a fair amount of chaos Monday around the grounds at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Tournament organizers posted just before 6 p.m. local time that play had been suspended due to an 'on-site power outage.' Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg posted on X that smoke appeared to be rising from a generator on the property, with the power outage disabling the tournament's Hawk-Eye electronic line calling system. Cincinnati Open organizers told CNN, 'The loss of power impacted several systems used by the tournament and caused a delay of approximately one hour before play was able to resume with generator power.' At 7:25 p.m. Rothenberg posted that play had resumed on Center Court without video or scoreboards in the grandstand, and with ushers using their fingers to relay the score to spectators. The power outage also briefly disrupted Tennis Channel's coverage of the tournament. More than an hour after play had resumed, an apparent fire alarm halted play again as the men's world No. 1 Jannik Sinner battled Gabriel Diallo on Center Court. Recent Wimbledon champion Sinner could be seen laughing at the surreal chain of events unfolding at the ATP 1000 level tournament. On-court microphones picked up the conversation as a tournament official confirmed that both players were willing to play through the noisy conditions, and the official then confirmed that the Hawk-Eye operators were not being forced to evacuate the stadium. The crowd cheered when it was announced that play would resume and then erupted in spontaneous applause when the fire alarm was finally silenced. A Tennis Channel announcer joked during the chaos, 'This is the most dystopian tennis match we have ever been a part of.' Sinner would go on to win his match 6-2 7-6 (6) to advance to the round of 16.
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12-08-2025
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Power outage disrupts Cincinnati Open
A power outage at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament created a fair amount of chaos Monday around the grounds at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Tournament organizers posted just before 6 p.m. local time that play had been suspended due to an 'on-site power outage.' Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg posted on X that smoke appeared to be rising from a generator on the property, with the power outage disabling the tournament's Hawk-Eye electronic line calling system. Cincinnati Open organizers told CNN, 'The loss of power impacted several systems used by the tournament and caused a delay of approximately one hour before play was able to resume with generator power.' At 7:25 p.m. Rothenberg posted that play had resumed on Center Court without video or scoreboards in the grandstand, and with ushers using their fingers to relay the score to spectators. The power outage also briefly disrupted Tennis Channel's coverage of the tournament. The Cincinnati Open tournament is currently experiencing a power outage that is affecting our Tennis Channel, T2, and Tennis Channel App service. The tournament operations team is working as fast as possible to fix. Thanks for your patience. More than an hour after play had resumed, an apparent fire alarm halted play again as the men's world No. 1 Jannik Sinner battled Gabriel Diallo on Center Court. Recent Wimbledon champion Sinner could be seen laughing at the surreal chain of events unfolding at the ATP 1000 level tournament. On-court microphones picked up the conversation as a tournament official confirmed that both players were willing to play through the noisy conditions, and the official then confirmed that the Hawk-Eye operators were not being forced to evacuate the stadium. The crowd cheered when it was announced that play would resume and then erupted in spontaneous applause when the fire alarm was finally silenced. A Tennis Channel announcer joked during the chaos, 'This is the most dystopian tennis match we have ever been a part of.' Sinner would go on to win his match 6-2 7-6 (6) to advance to the round of 16.
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12-08-2025
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Power outage disrupts Cincinnati Open
A power outage at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament created a fair amount of chaos Monday around the grounds at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. Tournament organizers posted just before 6 p.m. local time that play had been suspended due to an 'on-site power outage.' Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg posted on X that smoke appeared to be rising from a generator on the property, with the power outage disabling the tournament's Hawk-Eye electronic line calling system. Cincinnati Open organizers told CNN, 'The loss of power impacted several systems used by the tournament and caused a delay of approximately one hour before play was able to resume with generator power.' At 7:25 p.m. Rothenberg posted that play had resumed on Center Court without video or scoreboards in the grandstand, and with ushers using their fingers to relay the score to spectators. The power outage also briefly disrupted Tennis Channel's coverage of the tournament. The Cincinnati Open tournament is currently experiencing a power outage that is affecting our Tennis Channel, T2, and Tennis Channel App service. The tournament operations team is working as fast as possible to fix. Thanks for your patience. More than an hour after play had resumed, an apparent fire alarm halted play again as the men's world No. 1 Jannik Sinner battled Gabriel Diallo on Center Court. Recent Wimbledon champion Sinner could be seen laughing at the surreal chain of events unfolding at the ATP 1000 level tournament. On-court microphones picked up the conversation as a tournament official confirmed that both players were willing to play through the noisy conditions, and the official then confirmed that the Hawk-Eye operators were not being forced to evacuate the stadium. The crowd cheered when it was announced that play would resume and then erupted in spontaneous applause when the fire alarm was finally silenced. A Tennis Channel announcer joked during the chaos, 'This is the most dystopian tennis match we have ever been a part of.' Sinner would go on to win his match 6-2 7-6 (6) to advance to the round of 16.
