Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in anticlimactic circumstances as rival Jannik Sinner retired due to illness just 23 minutes into the match.

Carlos Alcaraz was crowned Cincinnati Open champion after Jannik Sinner was forced to retire in the first set of their final, with the Spaniard quick to comfort his rival

Carlos Alcaraz will do everything he can to overtake his top rival Jannik Sinner and return to the top of the ATP rankings by the end of this season, which is why he is also giving his best at the Cincinnati Masters 1000 which precedes the US Open (scheduled in New York from August 24 to September 7).