Alcaraz is Cincinnati Masters 1,000 champion After a final before SINNER in which the Italian was not due to “Dizziness” and a physical discomfort that had since Sunday. The tenth classic room between the two best in the world did not exist because the Italian did not compete. He retired with 5-0 and an unrecognizable image. The title is the fifth of Alcaraz this course after having proclaimed champion in Montecarlo, Rome, Roland Garros and Queen’s.
The Sinner that appeared in the Cincinnati final was not usual. The one of the 39 victories in its last 40 games on a hard track, that of the only three defeats this course, the unattainable in the previous rounds … The Italian offered a series of disconcerting details. His usual robotic gesture was not the usual, there were clues that something was not in place. And it had nothing to do with the protection he exhibited in the right arm. He moved tiredly, was unable to move as usually and the succession of errors was improper of the Italian. A cane, blows that went out for two meters, a double foul, an error in a simple volley, did not run to those left, took off the cap in the first stop … The murmur in the Cincinnati central was the nth track that that did not go through the usual channels.
Something was not going well, but in the box of Sinner, too many clues were offered. Alcaraz knew how to evade a disconcerting situation. Carlitos was his own, focused as if in front were the player who beat him in the last Wimbledon final. The seriousness and concentration were enough to take a definitive advantage with which to decide the first set. You could expect a medical time from San Cándido, but there wasn’t. It was so bad that with 5-0 he said here.
He found himself wrong in the hours before the final and the heat and tension did the rest. He feds up for forgiveness to the public. It was the dream game and stayed in nothing. «I am very sorry for the withdrawal, but since Sunday I am not well and as soon as I started the final I have been feeling worse. It has been a very hot tournament, ”he said at the trophy delivery ceremony. «I wanted to go on the track to try, at least, to play something the game, but I could not resist anymore. Really, I regret a lot. I know that maybe some of you had to work or do other things, and yet you came, so sorry from the heart, ”he said sorry.
Sinner appealed to a circumstance that has marked the development of a tournament marked by extreme climatic demands. The final began with 32 degrees and a track sensation that was going above 40. And most of the days it has been so. That is why there have been fading players, withdrawals and heat attacks daily among the public. And what is coming in the US Open can be even worse.
The resolution of the tournament was a capital fiasco even for Alcaraz himself. “Nobody likes to win in this way, but we all know that Jannik will become stronger as he always does,” said Carlitos.
And that return in principle will take place in the US Open that begins on Sunday. Sinner’s physical problems do not have to prevent him from participating in the last “Grand Slam” of the course. There I could lose the number one for the first time and Alcaraz recover it. «My goal in everything left of the year is to try to recover number one at the end of the season. That is my goal for this second part of the year, ”said the Spanish before Cincinnati. Without giving many laps, Alcaraz would return to the world number one if he goes further than Sinner in New York or, do whatever he does, if the Italian does not reach the third round.