The Cincinnati Open is making a change for the 2026 event version because the Western & Southern Open organizers have confirmed that the boys's and girls's last matches will as soon as once more happen on a Sunday.
Because of the 2024 Paris Olympics, sure changes to the calendar needed to be made. One of many modifications included Cincinnati finalists taking part in their title match on a Monday. For this yr's event version, the American metropolis that hosts each a Masters and a WTA 1000 event opted to not make any modifications so the boys's last between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner was held on a Monday, whereas Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini performed their title match on a Tuesday.
Nevertheless, the Western & Southern Open last going down on a Monday or a Tuesday will probably be a factor of the previous from 2026.
“We really feel strongly {that a} Sunday last will ship the perfect event expertise. We recognize the ATP and WTA Excursions working with us to make this modification, which can profit our attendees, companions, gamers and world broadcast viewers," event director Bob Moran stated in a press release.
Sinner criticized the Cincinnati last going down outdoors of a Sunday
At first of the North American hard-court swing, the Toronto Masters last staged its last on a Thursday – which was fairly an odd day. And it left some gamers baffled, together with Sinner, who admitted he was a bit shocked to see the Toronto and Cincinnati finals going down on a day outdoors Sunday.
“You have got the quarter-finals after which you could have the semi-final, which is Saturday, after which you could have lastly Sunday. And now I misplaced a bit little bit of the view of when does truly a finalist [play], as a result of it was once all the time Sunday. Now, right here [in Cincinnati] it’s Monday. In Toronto, it’s Wednesday or Thursday. So it’s troublesome even for us gamers. We lose a bit little bit of the times of the week, I’d say," Sinner stated after reaching this yr's Cincinnati last.
The lads's Western & Southern Open last lasted solely 5 video games as Carlos Alcaraz went 5-0 up earlier than Sinner retired because of feeling unwell.
