Jannik Sinner’s preparations for the US Open ended in emotional scenes as he retired from the Cincinnati final after just five games and 23 minutes.

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.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Jannik Sinner Apologizes to Cincinnati Open Crowd After Retiring From Final Match. Tennis fans were pumped to see round four of an Jannik Sinner–Carlos Alcaraz final in 2025 on Monday at the Cincinnati Open. However, the match didn't exactly end how fans expected.

Thus, Sinner will almost certainly miss the US Open mixed doubles and enjoy a week off the court ahead of the ultimate challenges. "Now I will take a couple of days to recover, then I will get back to work, hoping to be ready. The US Open is my main goal in the United States," Jannik Sinner said.

Well, well, well. Just when you thought tennis couldn’t get any more dramatic, Jannik Sinner decided to give us all a masterclass in how NOT to end a Masters final.

The US Open senior director of player relations Eric Butorac joined John Isner, Jack Sock and Sam Querry on the Nothing Major podcast ahead of the mixed doubles tournament. And he revealed that Sinner had expressed an interest to play with Williams, who won six US Open singles titles during her career.

Sinner who had looked ill since the last set of his semifinals, apologised profusely to fans, but Cincinnati left many including Rinderknech and Zverev dazed in its blistering wake

It felt like tennis had delivered the perfect script—world No. 1 Jannik Sinner versus world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in a Masters 1000 final. Both had torn through the draw in Cincinnati, barely breaking a sweat, setting up the dream clash fans had been waiting for.