Overview

• Sinner stopped after about 23 minutes trailing 5-0, telling officials he felt very unwell and retiring due to illness.
• Players contended with high heat and humidity all week, and Sinner said he had felt sick since the day before the final.
• Alcaraz secured his first Cincinnati crown, his sixth trophy of 2025 and eighth Masters 1000, bringing his career total to 22.
• The result snapped Sinner’s 26-match hard-court winning streak and extends Alcaraz’s head-to-head lead to 9-5 in their rivalry.
• Sinner remains No. 1 while the points gap narrows ahead of his US Open title defense, and Alcaraz offered a ‘Lo siento, Jannik’ message in support.