Jannik Sinner will play for the title this Monday at the Cincinnati Masters 1,000. She will do so against Frances Tiafoe after defeating Alexander Zverev (4) in their semifinal 7-6(9), 5-7 and 7-6(4) in three hours and seven minutes.
This success benefits Carlos Alcaraz, who is in danger of losing his third place in the world ranking if the German wins the title.
It won’t be like that, and the Murcian will start as the third seed at the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season that starts next Monday the 26th in New York.
Good news in a bad season for the reigning Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion, who in recent days has suffered two major setbacks: the loss in the Olympic final against Novak Djokovic and the surprising and disappointing loss in his Cincinnati debut against Gael Monfils.
For his part, Sinner will look for a new title in a dream season and consolidate the number 1 in the ATP a little more. Sunday’s victory not only gave him a pass to the final in Cincinnati but also some revenge against Zverev, who had beaten him in his last four games (4-2 balance now for the German).
He will face a Tiafoe (n.27), who also needs to sweat a lot to eliminate Danish Holger Rune (n.16) in the semifinals by 4-6, 6-1 and 7-6(4) in two hours and eight minutes.
Tiafoe had everything against him at 2-5 down in the third set, but he saved two match points and punched his ticket to the first 1,000th Masters final of his career.
Source: La Verdad
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