While Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegula 6-3 7-5 for her first title since the Australian Open in January, Sinner beats American Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4) 6-2 to become the youngest Cincinnati champion
In the ongoing Australian Open quarterfinals, the 43-year-old Indian teamed up with Australia's Matthew Ebden to face the Argentinian pair of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
The World No. 3 will next play Portugal's Nuno Borges, who claimed a shock four-set 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(6) win over in-form 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the fourth round of the Australian Open when his opponent, Shang Juncheng, retired early in the third set of their third-round encounter
Nadal said he had concerns over his surgically repaired hip after needing a medical timeout in the third set of his Brisbane International quarterfinal loss to Jordan Thompson
I’m at a good stage of my life. Until now I didn’t know if I would play tennis again someday, and now I genuinely believe I will. I’m still not ready to say when, but I’m able to train increasingly longer, and the progress is good, said Nadal
The 31-year-old from Kerala bounced back from an opening game reversal but squandered a five-point lead in the decider and a championship point to go down 9-21 23-21 20-22 to world number 24 Weng in an edge-of-the-seat final.