Weekend Tennis Roundup

 

Sinner and Sabalenka win big in another rain-delayed 1000. Full report plus all the ATP beef that's fit to post BELOW.

Will success in Cincinnati translate to the Big Apple?

Jannik Sinner has shown the world the incredible tennis he is capable of. But it was grit and determination that he relied on to capture the Cincinnati Open title. After battling through back-to-back three-setters against Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev, the No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings surged past home favorite Frances Tiafoe 7-6(4), 6-2 on Monday evening to lift the trophy at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. 

Despite the victory, some questions remain. He appeared to be in bad shape during his semifinal match, so I can’t help but wonder if his body will hold up for the final major of the year.

NC-17: Frances couldn't resist a photo bomb

Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic charged into the ATP Masters 1000 winners' circle together in style on Monday at the Cincinnati Open. The fourth-seeded duo eased past Americans Mackenzie McDonald and Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-4 in the championship match in Ohio. 

Aryna Sabalenka harnessed her powerful serve to subdue American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 and win the Cincinnati Open on Monday, sending a message ahead of the year’s final major in New York. The two-time Australian Open champion dropped only nine points on serve and hit 10 aces as she overcame some jitters late in the second set in an otherwise confident performance to pick up her sixth WTA 1000 title.

Doubles victory dinner

Elsewhere around the net ...

Some Latin flavor has arrived at Flushing Meadows

Stan Wawrinka's giant ass signed autographs for fans 

But can Sinner beat Novak with his feet?  

Everyone's favorite Cincinnati-based chiropractor 

Hot couple alert: Matt Summers and James Davis 

Juan Betancourt is beefing up 

Daniel Masur and his big-chested friend

More sad straight behavior 

Fabien Reboul just can't put it away 

(Lucky for this kid!)

And this guy 

This looks fun! 

And Gabriela Sabatini and Juan Martin del Potro are playing an exhibition against Andy Roddick and Venus Williams, too!

Plus this

Alex Erler: When in Kitzbuhel ...

Adam Jones is big leggy 

Robert Cardenas ... at it again 

Nicolas Moreno, Dean Goldfine and Emilio Nava in Miami 

Who'd be willing to sign a petition to get Marcos Giron to post an underwear pic?

The answer to you question: Does Tomas Machac play golf in those? 

I'm willing to laugh at Yannick Hanfmann jokes 

Class clown Liam Broady

Holger Rune is quickly become 

... the King of Choking 

But he still has something going for him

Pedro Martínez and Alberto Barroso Campos

Pedro in the gym -- and that's him and his legs at the top of this post!

Iga Swiatek with Steffi Graf and her bald husband 

Tom Hill has a girlfriend 

But at least she has a cat 

Who apparently is no dummy! 

Hendrik Jebens in action

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Hubert Hurkacz considers his second act 

Camera-ready Vasek Pospisl

How do we get Eric Decker on the tennis court?

Jonesy in Dublin 

Andrea Vavassori has a new friend 

Rainy days and domestic abusers always get me down

Jacked in the box

Borna Coric and his sports bra(?) are in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Italians do it better 

Ask Jaime Faria

Going up or going down?

Tommy Haas and Jan-Michael Gambill join the Bryan Brothers in Southampton 

Did the meat in this Federico Coria and Alejandro Davolos step in shit, or what?

Coffee with Ben Lock

Define "having"

What's up, Doc? (Actually you can probably guess.) 

Pre-match relaxation 

Jamie Murray hits the gym 

And then the cryotherapy chamber 

Leg day with Grigor 

Mr. Speedo ...

... gets there in the end 

Elmar Ejupovic

Has a coffee problem 

Luciano Darderi flaunts his sexuality  ... but I'll try not to hold it against him. 

Sex bomb J.J. Wolf in Cincinnati 

Roman Safiullin took home the trophy at the Challenger in Cary, N.C.

And last but not least: How do I examine Sasha Solonin?

(With wire services)