{"id":140009,"date":"2025-08-12T15:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140009\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:39:12","slug":"atp-top-20-player-suggests-hes-playing-the-us-open-despite-retiring-from-his-first-match-at-the-cincinnati-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/140009\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP top 20 player suggests he\u2019s playing the US Open despite retiring from his first match at the Cincinnati Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The US Open is rapidly approaching, with many ATP and WTA players using the Cincinnati Open to prepare for the Grand Slam.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Open is now well underway, with ATP<\/a> top two Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz both in action at the tournament.<\/p>\n

High-profile stars Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton are also taking on the tournament in a bid to fine-tune their games for Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

Sinner and Alcaraz withdrew from the Canadian Open<\/a> after Wimbledon, but have now returned to the court as the US Open<\/a> nears.<\/p>\n

Their fellow ATP star Novak Djokovic did, however, withdraw from the event, with Jack Draper withdrawing from Cincinnati and Toronto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Frey\/TPN\/Getty ImagesATP top 20 player suggests he\u2019s playing the US Open despite Cincinnati retirement<\/p>\n

One player who took on both tournaments was Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, but he was frustratingly forced to retire during both events.<\/p>\n

The world number 18 has now issued an update on his current status, accompanying a status on X with a strong suggestion that he\u2019ll be fine for the US Open.<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> ATP Cincinnati Open 2025: Who is playing, how to watch and what is the prize money<\/a><\/p>\n

He wrote: \u201cIt\u2019s never easy to retire from two tournaments in a row, this year I\u2019ve played a lot of matches and always given my 100%.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot taking time off or skipping weeks has caught up with me. I\u2019ve learned my lesson. I don\u2019t have any pain or cramps, I simply didn\u2019t have enough time to recover energy-wise from everything accumulated.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, after many months, I\u2019m enjoying some rest and recharging alongside my wife. I\u2019ll come back stronger and ready to fight again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina\u00a0ATP career finals record<\/p>\n

Joao Fonseca commiserated with Fokina<\/a> after the latter retired hurt during their opener in Cincinnati, with the Spaniard having also planned to play doubles with Flavio Cobolli.<\/p>\n

The withdrawal came after he retired against Andrey Rublev in their Canadian Open round of 16 tie, after Fokina had knocked out Corentin Moutet and Jakub Mensik.<\/p>\n

\"AlejandroPhoto by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Fortunately, it is simply a matter of fatigue for the 26-year-old ahead of the US Open, as opposed to any injury worry.<\/p>\n

He currently occupies a career-high ranking of 18 in the world, and remains in pursuit of a maiden ATP Tour title.<\/p>\n\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\nFinals<\/strong><\/td>\nTournaments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2025<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nWashington (Outdoor\/Hard)
Acapulco (Outdoor\/Hard)
Delray Beach (Outdoor\/Hard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo (Outdoor\/Clay)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina\u00a0ATP finals record<\/p>\n

The Spaniard has, however, managed to reach four finals during his impressive career so far, including three this season alone.<\/p>\n

Such form suggests a debut win will arrive sooner rather than later, with Fokina set to boost his chances of success by making the admirable decision to scale back right before the US Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Open is rapidly approaching, with many ATP and WTA players using the Cincinnati Open to prepare…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[60099,1479,67759,62,1464,67,132,68,10118],"class_list":{"0":"post-140009","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina","9":"tag-atp","10":"tag-cincinnati-open","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-open"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115016549348859264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}