Jannik Sinner celebrated his 24th birthday on the semi-final day in Cincinnati. The Italian faced Terence Atmane in the last four and earned a 7-6, 6-2 victory in an hour and 26 minutes for a place in the title clash.

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

Now into his 28th tour-level final, Sinner is now set to face his fierce rival Carlos Alcaraz in the final in Cincinnati, making it the third final in a row in three months between the two players. ,

Terence Atmane made a sweet and heartfelt gesture of bringing a gift for Jannik Sinner on the day of the world number one's birthday.

Jannik Sinner has been the man to watch this summer, riding a scorching win streak as he heads into the Cincinnati Open semifinals. On Saturday, he’ll face French breakout star Terence Atmane with a spot in the final — and a 26th straight hard-court victory — on the line.

Unless you’re a tennis die-hard, you probably didn’t know much about Terence Atmane before this week. The 23-year-old Frenchman is ranked as the World No. 136 and has played just 14 matches on the ATP Tour in the last calendar year.

The world No. 1, who was celebrating his 24th birthday, has now won his last 26 matches in a row on this surface.

Carlos Alcaraz will face off against Jannik Sinner in the final of the Cincinnati Open on Monday after the Spaniard took down Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-3 in the early hours of Sunday morning in Ohio.

Sinner is on a 22-match winning streak on hard courts. Players who had longer hardcourt winning streaks in this century: Roger Federer (56, 36, 26) Novak Djokovic (35, 29, 26, 23) Andy Murray (28) Rafa Nadal (26) And that's it.