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Victory at the Cincinnati Open
Sinner defeated Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (4) 6-2 in the Cincinnati Open final on Monday, proving that despite recent health issues he will still be the man to beat at the upcoming U.S. Open in New York.
The 23-year-old, who has been struggling with a hip problem in recent months and missed the Paris Olympics due to tonsillitis, was error-prone to start the match and limped out after several points in the tight first set.
But he found his game in the tiebreak, absorbing the American’s powerful serve on set point. Tiafoe’s next shot sailed long and the Italian took the first set.
Tiafoe, who has struggled to find momentum and wins this season, failed to convert all three of his break point opportunities in the first set and fell into a 2-0 deficit entering the second from which he was never able to recover.
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Sinner fired a forehand winner down the line to take a 4-1 lead in the second and completed the victory with an unreturnable serve on match point.
Sinner’s Masters 1000 triumph follows his Grand Slam breakthrough at the Australian Open in January and is his fifth title of the year and first at the Ohio tournament.
Crucially, Sinner has now shown he can win even when not at 100 per cent health, an attribute he may need to call upon at Flushing Meadows, where defending champion Novak Djokovic and world number three Carlos Alcaraz are the other big favourites.
“It was a very difficult week, a tough week. I’m very happy with today’s match,” Sinner said in his on-court interview.
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“It was very tough mentally… We both felt a lot of tension, but I’m very happy with the level I played, especially in the important moments.” Sinner said his only focus now is preparing for the last major tournament of the year.
“Now, for sure, it’s important to recover, to be ready for New York,” he said.
“I’m really happy to be in the position I’m in and just trying to keep going mentally with this hunger to keep playing.”
Tiafoe will rise to world number 20 and head into the US Open with confidence after his gritty three-set win over Denmark’s Holger Rune in Sunday’s semi-final.
“I’ve been fighting for a long time, so to have a week like this really means a lot,” Tiafoe said.
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