Overview

• Sinner stopped at 7-6(3), 5-7, 2-3 after 2 hours 36 minutes with severe right‑leg cramps shortly after midnight local time.
• The defending champion drops 950 points, leaving him 1,340 behind Carlos Alcaraz in the rankings.
• Tallon Griekspoor advances to the round of 16 and will face Valentin Vacherot.
• Players reported extreme humidity of roughly 80–90% during the tournament, and this was Sinner’s seventh in‑match retirement.
• He plans a week of rest before the Riyadh exhibition on Oct. 15–18, then Vienna, Paris, the ATP Finals, and a decision on the Davis Cup.