By Agencies
CINCINNATI: A blockbuster final fizzled out early as world number one Jannik Sinner retired in the first set, handing Carlos Alcaraz the Cincinnati Open title on Monday.
In the women鈥檚 final, Iga Swiatek captured her maiden Cincinnati crown by beating Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4, converting all six of her break points to clinch her 11th WTA 1000 crown.
The defending champion Sinner came into the final feeling unwell and lost the first seven points of the match before throwing in the towel at 5-0 down in a game played in 30-degree Celsius heat.
Sinner will now focus on recovery with the US Open starting on Sunday.
鈥淚鈥檓 disappointed, I didn鈥檛 feel great from yesterday,鈥 Sinner said afterwards. 鈥淒uring the night, I thought I would recover a bit better, but it was not the case.
鈥淚 just tried to go out for the fans, trying to give (them) a match 鈥 that鈥檚 the reason why I went on the court.
鈥淏ut it was not meant to be for me today. But I don鈥檛 want to take anything away from Carlos. He had a great we