Jannik Sinner victorious over Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4) 6-2 in the final in Cincinnati on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This is the first time that Sinner conquered this tournament. His best result in this competition so far was reaching the 3rd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Sinner added $ 476,370 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 1,049,460 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Frances Tiafoe Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 81 points vs. Tiafoe’s 61.
Sinner
Sinner served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (19/25) on his second serve. Jannik blasted 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Jannik won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Frances wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Tiafoe is 4-1 for Jannik.
This was the 16th career title for the Italian. (see list of titles and finals). Tiafoe remains with 4th titles after he conquered the tournament in Delray Beach 2018, in Australia 2023, in Houston 2023 and in Stuttgart 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Sinner won the set after he broke Frances .
The Italian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th (6-5 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, Frances was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).They played 94 points. The Italian won 6 points more than Tiafoe (50-44). The Italian conceded 9 points on serve (27-9). On the losing side, the American conceded 23 points on serve (35-23).
Sinner conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for the Italian to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Jannik was unable to break Frances in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Jannik converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sinner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Sinner was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Frances (30-18). Jannik was flawless on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).