Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Open title in a little more than 20 minutes on Monday after top-ranked Jannik Sinner was forced to retire because of illness during the first set.

The highly-anticipated final at the Cincinnati Open came to a sad ending on Monday, as World No. 1 Jannik Sinner was forced to retire from the match against No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz while trailing 5-0 due to illness. With the result, Alcaraz wins his third Masters 1000 title of the season and his eighth overall in his storied young career.

While Sinner noticed the positives in a day's break before the finals under the new 12-day structure, the 24-year-old explained the flipsides.

Who knows if Jannik Sinner, as a child, loved fairy tales or was too caught up in his daydreams of a future as world number 1. Certainly, on his 24th birthday, the defending champion of