Richard Pagliaro | Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Trading ACES during this inspired run in Cincinnati, qualifier Terence Atmane Facing the comic card played before Jannik Sinner today.
A moment before the two appeared in court, Atmane commemorating Sinner’s 24th birthday, giving the top seed a Pokemon card and a heartfelt hug.
After a fascinating opening, Sinner celebrated his birthday rave and returned to the Cincinnati Open final with a winning triple match.
Defending champion Sinner scored his 26th hard win with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 record and his 200th career victory.
The world’s No. 1 Sinner entered his 28th Professional Final, which included his 8th ATP Masters 1000 final.
“It’s very, very tough games because every time you play with a brand new guy, it’s very difficult,” Sina said. “The pressure is higher. You know they should be there. He beats incredible players, so I know I have to be very careful.”
2️⃣4️⃣ and more of hungry 💪
Birthday boy @Janniksin Ending Terence Atmane’s dream to enter his 8th Masters final with a 7-6 6-2 #cincytennis pic.twitter.com/d14btmcnwm
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) August 16, 2025
Covered on a logo-free vanilla t-shirt, mismatched black and blue wristbands, the engaging Atmane boasts Genius IQ, explosive baseline gameplay, and is a fun presence that is huge for Cincinnati fans. Even after the loss, Atmane paused fifty fans of appreciation.
Remember this name🙌
Terence Atmane from @Janniksin and #cincytennis fan. pic.twitter.com/e64x7hi5pq
– Tennis TV (@tennistv) August 16, 2025
Sinner hit six Aces cleanly without double failures, won 32 points in 35 first matches and did not face a breakthrough point in an hour and 26-minute victory.
Afterwards, Xinxin fans serenade Sina with the exciting “Happy Birthday”.
For sinners, the song remains the same: control the baseline, maintain calm competition, and break the ball as you move forward. The sport’s main racing champion will play for his 21st professional champion in the finals.
“I feel like I handled the situation well,” Sina said. “He has great potential and I think we’ve seen that throughout the game. From my side, I’m so happy to be in the finals, so let’s see what’s going to happen.”
Ruling the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open champions will face second-place competitors Carlos Alcaraz or The third seed Alexander Zverev In the final on Monday.
Atmane was fun to watch him as he was loaded on his deadly left forehand.
You rarely see the world No. 1 being eliminated in court, but the explosive Frenchman sometimes disarms the sinner in the opener as he finished the top 10 in the Taylor Fritz and Holger runs.
Atmane unloaded in the inflammatory game seven to lead three points 4-3.
The show would upset some opponents, but Sinner immediately answered with three consecutive loves and soared 17 consecutive service points at the end of the scene.
The sinner lashed out at the ace, forcing the first set to win.
The qualifier blinked first, committing the first double malfunction of the day to give away a mini break. Sinner played locked baseline tennis, ruled out four mistakes in the first six points to lead 4-2.
In a crack-bang crossroad exchange, Atmane stepped in and smashed a fiery forehand champion, beating the 22-shot rally (the longest rally in the game), close to 3-5. Even though he won the battle, Atmane lost the war, facing three fixed points with his backhand.
On his second court, Sina’s serve found that the Frenchman’s backhand was shocked with a huge reward with the opening 46 minutes of the U.S. Open championship.
Sinner won 29 of 29 of 33 points in the opening match, while Atmane won 4 winners (15 to 11).
Atmane is a highly skilled and explosive player, and there is still room for improvement in his return and volleys, but he feels nice, but it is predictable that it is predictable to land in the volley instead of driving the shot deeper. After returning, Atmane’s grip changes are quite extensive, so he tends to return and return. The sinner recognizes this and throws in some effective serves and Walley plays.
Still, the 23-year-old Atmane threatened the number one seed’s serve at the start of the second set. Atmane won six return points in the first game – better than him winning the entire first set, but Sinner puts the shrewd pressure and spins the forehand pass at 1-0.
The eight and a half minutes authorized sinner further, he opened the screws in the fourth game. Sinner burned a crossroads at the double breakpoint, the first breakpoint in the game 68 minutes later.
At his second breakout point, Sina sent a deep reward in the middle, drawing a brief reply, and Tomahawk hit a forehand 3-1.
A free-flowing sinner stamped his fifth love in a 4-1 match.
Credit the qualifiers to sticking with his gun and shooting down a lot of shots. Atmane saved two matches, including knocking his ninth ace down to deny the first match.
At his third game point, Sinner slammed and drew the network’s forehand, winning the 12th straight win, extending his Cincinnati winning streak to nine games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pnejta2-w
Although Atmane’s outstanding Cincinnati run was improving his 69th place in the ATP field rankings from No. 136 at the start of the tournament. That’s not enough to go straight to the U.S. Open, as Flushing Meadows’ main ranking starts with a July deadline.
This means that if you can get to New York, you will be living at the U.S. Open starting Monday.
Sinner will try to expand his dominance as Queens during Monday’s showdown against Alcaraz or Zverev on Monday and looks like a powerful favorite to defend on Flushing Meadows.
