At Cincinnati Masters 2025, Jannik Sinner is the reigning champion, also the No. 1 seed of the tournament. There is not much surprise when the world's No. 1 player is still showing impressive performance. This morning, he had just defeated Adrian Mannarino to win tickets to the quarterfinals.
This match, although not in the most comfortable state, Sinner still knows how to stand up to Mannarino's stubbornness. In the tension open, the world's No. 1 player created an ecstatic moment in Game 6 when saving a Smash and counterattacking with a left hand to score Winner from the end of the yard. Set 1 closed with an easy 6-4 victory for the defending champion.
Set Set 2, Mannarino has rising strongly. Meanwhile, Sinner only reached 52% of the score from one serve and quite struggling in the durable polishing phase before the opponent's accurate fighting style. Despite losing the opportunity to close the match in game 12, the No. 1 seed still maintains the bravery in the tie-break series and ends the match with a score of 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) after 1 hour 48 minutes.
With this victory, Sinner raised the series of victories on the hard yard to 24, surpassed the 23 -match record of Novak Djokovic in 2015 and climbed to the 8th position in the list of the longest chains on the hard yard in the 21st century. In the quarterfinals, Sinner will encounter Seed No. 23 Felix Auger -anssime.
Another champion, Alcaraz, has just won tickets to the quarterfinals. The Spaniard did not face many difficulties to defeat Luca Nardi with a score of 6-1, 6-4. Sharing after the match, Alcaraz said this is his best match in Cincinnati this year to date.
Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev has an advantage in physical strength before the quarterfinals. Specifically, when the German tennis player was led 7-5, 3-0, Karen Khachanov asked to give up due to injury.
