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

Unless you’re a tennis die-hard, you probably didn’t know much about Terence Atmane before this week. The 23-year-old Frenchman is ranked as the World No. 136 and has played just 14 matches on the ATP Tour in the last calendar year.

Jannik Sinner was subjected to an unusual chant from the Cincinnati Open crowd before his match against Terence Atmane. The young Italian was pitted against his French rival in the semi-finals, having won all of his previous matches without dropping a set.

ATP No. 1 Jannik Sinner and former Cincinnati Open champion Coco Gauff are in action Aug. 14. Follow live from Mason.

Frances Tiafoe has been forced to retire from the Cincinnati Open after struggling with back spasms during his fourth round match against Holger Rune. He reached the final losing to Jannik Sinner last year and he called the physio and received treatment towards the end of the first set.

Jannik Sinner is on a roll at the Cincinnati Open, where he is the defending champion. The world No. 1 is through to the last 16, where he takes on Adrian Mannarino on Wednesday. While Sinner has been letting his tennis do the talking this week, he’s also turning heads with an unusual style choice.

Aug 11 (Reuters) - World number one Aryna Sabalenka kept her Cincinnati Open title defence alive by claiming a 7-6 (3) 4-6 7-6 (5) victory over Emma Raducanu in a marathon third-round clash on Monday, while men's top seed Jannik Sinner overcame Canadian Gabriel Diallo.

Jannik toppled Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 6-1 in the second round in 59 minutes. He faced Gabriel Diallo in the third round and earned a 6-2, 7-6 triumph. The Italian saved a set point in the tie break and moved over the top. He will seek his 24th straight victory on hard against the French veteran, Adrian Mannarino.