The hype for the Cincinnati Open final was unreal. Just weeks after Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz faced off in the Wimbledon finals, the duo were ready to go at it in Cincinnati. Alcaraz was in search of redemption after losing to Sinner on the grass court in London, and things seemed to be going in his favor early on. Unfortunately, things took a tragic turn when Sinner threw in the towel down at 0-5.

It was a devastating end that even Alcaraz didn’t want. “I’m so sorry for Jannik! Nobody likes to win because their opponent retires,” the Spaniard wrote post-match on social media. However, he wasn’t the only one, as fellow Italian Jasmine Paolini also spoke about the ill-fated final.

“Thanks to the audience for staying; it wasn’t easy after that final,” the Italian tennis star sa

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