Sinner's disappointment: he retires after five games: "I only played for the fans." Alcaraz wins in Cincinnati.
Jannik Sinner was forced to retire in the first set of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final, where Carlos Alcaraz triumphed , lifting his twenty-second career title after a 5-0 lead in the first set. Alcaraz got off to a brutal start, breaking serve to love at the start. Sinner didn't react. Indeed, on hard court—where the South Tyrolean hadn't lost in 26 matches—the Spaniard was a monologue, until the world number one retired, immediately consoled by his rival. "Sorry Jannik," Alcaraz wrote on camera. Sinner's condition ahead of the US Open will be assessed in the coming hours.
“I’m sorry to have disappointed you but I wasn’t feeling well,” said the Italian after retiring.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I wasn't feeling well. I was hoping to get better overnight, but I got worse. I tried, and I'm really sorry, but sometimes it happens, and you have to accept it."
The second break also comes in favor of Alcaraz, who leads 4-0
The Spaniard starts off with a bang: he breaks to love on the Italian's serve, then brings home his own serve and leads 2-0.
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