Top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy shook off an early challenge from upstart Terence Atmane of France and advanced to the finals of the Cincinnati Open with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory.

Sinner will face the winner of the night match between No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany in Monday's final.

The defending champion reached his eighth consecutive ATP Masters 1000 final and extended his winning streak on hard courts to 26.

Both big servers routinely held serve in the first set, combining for 12 aces and just one double fault. But the southpaw Atmane missed both serves on the first point of the tie-breaker and never recovered, dropping it 7-4.

Sinner, who was celebrating his 24th birthday, finally broke serve in the fourth game of the second set and finished th

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