Jannik Sinner retired with an apparent illness 23 minutes into the first set of the Cincinnati Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, ending a highly anticipated matchup between two of the world’s best men’s tennis players quicker than anyone could have imagined.

Sinner did not look like himself and fell into an early 5-0 deficit in the first set before he threw in the towel and gave Alcaraz his 22nd ATP title. 4

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Addressing the crowd after the match, Sinner said that he hadn’t felt great the day before and that he was “super, super sorry” to disappoint the fans who had shown up to see him square off against Alcaraz.

“I thought I would improve during the night. It came up worse,” Sinner said. “I tried to come out and make it at least a small match, but I couldn’t handle more. I’m ver

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