Sinner fight Alcaraz in the expansion of Cincinnati

On the 24th birthday, the champion of Jannik Sinner continued the impressive journey at Cincinnati before the French tennis player Atmane - who went straight a circuit from the qualifying to the semi -finals. Sinner does not face any break-point throughout the match, won 91% of the serve point and only takes 86 minutes to name the eighth Masters 1000 final in his career.

Atmane surprised Sinner, but before the match. Right before walking on the field, player No. 136 in the world gave Sinner a Pokemon card from his collection. The pikachu-shaped card made Sinner laugh at the tunnel before the two hugged and entered the match. Everything is easier with Sinner in the two set, when he twice won the game to support the ball to end the match with a score of 7-6, 6-2.

Sinner's opponent in the final is the rival Alcaraz, the winner of Zverev after two sets to balance the confrontation with Duc Thanh player 6-6. Alcaraz is sometimes led 0-40 in the game delivered in set one, when the score is 1-2. After escaping in that game, he won 6-4 in the first set, before Zverev had a physical problem and lost 3-6 in set two.

Alcaraz reached the 7th ATP final this year. He is also leading in the number of victories this season (53), including 16 consecutive victories at the Masters 1000 level. Since the beginning of April, Alcaraz has won 38 in 40 matches. At the age of 22, he was the third young man in the final of Masters 1000 times, after Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

After confronting in the finals in Rome, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, Alcaraz and Sinner will reunite in the expansion Cincinnati final, taking place at 2am on August 19 (Hanoi time).