{"id":495211,"date":"2025-08-18T16:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=495211"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:38:39","slug":"alcaraz-wins-sixth-title-of-2025-as-sinner-retires-in-cincinnati-final","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alcaraz-wins-sixth-title-of-2025-as-sinner-retires-in-cincinnati-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz wins sixth title of 2025 as Sinner retires in Cincinnati final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz clinched his sixth trophy of the season at the Cincinnati Open after Jannik Sinner was forced to retire just 23 minutes into their highly anticipated final.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champion Sinner, who looked unwell from the get-go, trailed 0-5 in the opening set before calling for medical time out. Despite briefly attempting to continue, he was unable to carry on. The retirement handed Alcaraz his 22nd career title and a valuable boost in the race for Year-End No. 1. The Spaniard now leads Sinner by 1,890 points in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m so sorry for Jannik! Nobody likes to win because their opponent retires, especially in a final like this. Wishing you a speedy recovery! \u2764\ufe0f Very happy with my week in Cincinnati and feeling ready for the US Open! \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CincyTennis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CincyTennis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wEHPT1PBOH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/wEHPT1PBOH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz\/status\/1957539322317734133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super, super sorry to disappoint you,\u201d Sinner told the crowd. \u201cFrom yesterday I didn\u2019t feel great. I thought that I would improve during the night, but it came up worse. I tried to come out, tried to make it at least a small match, but I couldn\u2019t handle more, so I\u2019m very sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The loss also snapped Sinner\u2019s remarkable 26-match hard-court winning streak and raised doubts over his US Open title defense later this month. His scheduled appearance in the mixed doubles draw alongside Katerina Siniakova is also uncertain and almost certain to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>And a great touch from Alcaraz. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/drLptvQyHB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/drLptvQyHB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jos\u00e9 Morgado (@josemorgado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josemorgado\/status\/1957529156515659978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For Alcaraz, the victory further underlines his dominance in 2025. With a Tour-leading 54 wins and six titles this season, he heads to Flushing Meadows with a narrow advantage over Sinner in the Live Rankings. As Sinner defends last year\u2019s US Open crown, Alcaraz will begin the fortnight with a 50-point edge in the standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz clinched his sixth trophy of the season at the Cincinnati Open after Jannik Sinner was forced to retire just 23 minutes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":495212,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16732,20933,17625],"news_category":[16715,16714,14084],"gn_keywords":[17857,20934,18543],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The US Open champion threw serious doubt over his chances of defending the title in New York","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495213,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/495211\/revisions\/495213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495211"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=495211"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=495211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}