No one will be getting an early glimpse at the men’s world No.1 singles player in Flushing this year, nor an 11-time Grand Slam doubles champion.

Jannik Sinner's Cincinnati Masters title defense came to a difficult end in the title match against Carlos Alcaraz. World no. 1 entered the championship match while battling a high fever and flu symptoms since the previous day.

Nathan, a co-founder of the sports website Defector Media, has published “ Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis ” with Gallery Books. He spent the 2024 season squarely focused on Sinner and Alcaraz, in which they split the four majors and accelerated their ascension into a tennis stratosphere of their own creation.

The US Open senior director of player relations Eric Butorac joined John Isner, Jack Sock and Sam Querry on the Nothing Major podcast ahead of the mixed doubles tournament. And he revealed that Sinner had expressed an interest to play with Williams, who won six US Open singles titles during her career.

Jannik Sinner was forced to retire from his Cincinnati Open final with Carlos Alcaraz – just six days before he begins the defence of his US Open title. In the latest chapter of their enthralling rivalry, the World No.1 and No.2 faced off one final time ...

It felt like tennis had delivered the perfect script—world No. 1 Jannik Sinner versus world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in a Masters 1000 final. Both had torn through the draw in Cincinnati, barely breaking a sweat, setting up the dream clash fans had been waiting for.