Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will clash in Sunday’s Cincinnati Open final after the world’s top two players won their respective semifinals Saturday.
World No. 1 Sinner and second-ranked Alcaraz will meet in a repeat of the French Open and Wimbledon finals earlier this summer.
Sinner celebrated his 24th birthday by halting French wild card Terence Atmane’s surprise run to the last four in a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win.
World No. 136 Atmane — who had never been inside the top 100 but will now climb to 69 — went toe-to-toe with Sinner in a tight opening set, but the defending champion found an extra gear in the tie-break and cruised to victory in the second.
It was Sinner’s 26th successive hard-court win and his 12th in a row on all surfaces.
Alcaraz brushed off Alexander Zverev in straight sets, beating the German 6-4, 6-3.
In doubles, British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool saw their 22-match winning streak come to an end in the semifinals.
The Wimbledon champions had won their last four events but lost to Nikola Mektic and Rajeev Ram 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2).
