Jannik Sinner serves to Terence Atmane of France during the semifinals of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center on Saturday in Mason, Ohio.

Top seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner, playing on his 24th birthday, ended French qualifier Terence Atmane’s dream run at the Cincinnati Open with a 7-6(4) 6-2 win on Saturday to reach the final of the U.S. Open tune-up event.

In the other semi-final, Carlos Alcaraz advanced with a 6-4 6-3 win over German third seed Alexander Zverev, who struggled physically during the match, to set up a rematch of this year’s French Open and Wimbledon finals.

Sinner won a remarkable 91 per cent of his first-serve points, did not face a single break point during the 86-minute match and converted two of five break points in his first career meet

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