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.

French qualifier Terence Atmane said his Saturday Cincinnati Open semifinal against world No 1 Jannik Sinner will remain his brightest tennis memory despite absorbing a 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 loss to the defending champion.

Sinner did not want to compare himself with the Big 4, admitting they are on a different level. Instead, he is writing his own story while chasing more records and tennis immortality. There is a direct correlation between Jannik Sinner’s success and a small little lion in his bag 🦁 pic.twitter.com/KjX6Y5OyUe

The two top seeds, Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, are both safely through to the quarter-finals after winning yesterday while Carlos Alcaraz also progressed in the early hours. The Italian will now face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime tonight for a place in the final four. Elsewhere, Coco Gauff and Jasmine Paolini both play last-16 matches.

Let’s be honest – we’ve all had those days where everything that could go wrong absolutely does. But most of us don’t have to deal with our workplace disasters while thousands of people watch and cameras roll.

(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.

This year's Cincinnati Open is well underway with some of the world's top players hunting a spot in the quarter-finals. Play was cut short on Tuesday night as extreme weather caused havoc at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre. Footage showed the main court was flooded as torrential rain lashed down, with organisers calling an end to the day's action.

Jannik Sinner made an emphatic start to his Cincinnati title defense. World no. 1 defeated a qualifier Daniel Elahi Galan 6-1, 6-1 in 59 minutes recording his fastest ATP victory in completed matches.