{"id":2099180,"date":"2026-08-18T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099180"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:00:43","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner-share-a-record-at-the-cincinnati-open-that-will-likely-never-be-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099180","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner share a record at the Cincinnati Open that will likely never be broken"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner share a record at the Cincinnati Open that will likely never be broken<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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Jannik Sinner                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner might not be playing the Cincinnati Open this year, but they have both already stamped their authority on the Masters tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz won the tournament in 2025 and he has reached a further final and quarter final at the event many use to prepare for the final Grand Slam of the year at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner, meanwhile, claimed the Cincinnati Open title in 2024 and he followed it up by reaching the final a year later, although he lost the final to Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>That 2025 final saw Sinner and Alcaraz earn a record at the Cincinnati Open, as they played the shortest final in the tournament\u2019s illustrious history.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner and Alcaraz could only play 5 games in the first set, which were all won by the Spaniard, before the Italian was forced to retire from the final with illness.<\/p>\n<h2>More Carlos Alcaraz news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcarazreturn-another-high-profile-event-instead-us-open\">Carlos Alcaraz could now return at another high-profile event instead of the US Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-confirmed-to-miss-another-2026-tournament\">Carlos Alcaraz confirmed to miss another 2026 tournament with his replacement already named<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Italian apologised to the crowd after the match for cutting the final short, which was the fourth time they had met in a final during the 2025 season at that point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super, super sorry to disappoint you,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> said to the fans during the championship ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom yesterday I didn\u2019t feel great. I thought that I would improve during the night, but it came up worse. I tried to come out, tried to make it at least a small match, but I couldn\u2019t handle more, so I\u2019m very sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a>, meanwhile, was typically magnanimous about the victory and sent a message to his great rival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the way that I want to win trophies, I just have to say sorry, I can understand how you must feel now,\u201d Alcaraz said to Sinner as he held the Cincinnati Open title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I said many times, you are a true champion and I am sure from these situations, you are going to come back even stronger, as you always do. That\u2019s what true champions do. I\u2019m sorry and come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner and Alcaraz have played 17 times on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ATP-Tour\">ATP Tour<\/a>, with the Spaniard leading their head-to-head with 10 victories.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sinner has managed to win three of their last five meetings, so he has proved in recent meetings that he is starting to work out how to beat the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>Both men are currently still lined up to play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> at the end of August, but they both have injury problems heading into the Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is still working his way back from his wrist injury, while Sinner has been dealing with a knee injury since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a> triumph in July.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner share a record at the Cincinnati Open that will likely never be broken Liam McMillen 18 Aug 2026 4:00 PM Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner might not be playing the Cincinnati Open this year, but they have both already stamped their authority on the Masters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2099180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2099180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2099180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2099180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2099180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}