Sinner crowned in Cincinnati!

Jannik Sinner was smiling again on Sunday.

After several weeks of less-than-stellar results, mainly due to a sore hip, the Italian is back to his best tennis.

Involved in the Cincinnati Masters 1000, the world No. 1 didn't always shine, sometimes suffering physically and even giving up a lot of ground to his opponents.

Taking his revenge on Rublev, who eliminated him in Toronto last week (4-6, 7-5, 6-4), he then had the answer to everything against an excellent Zverev (7-6, 5-7, 7-6) to reach the final.

The Transalpine played an extremely solid match (37 winners, 21 unforced errors, 12 aces) against a Tiafoe who was buoyed by his home crowd's confidence.

With just under a week to go before the US Open, this success comes at the perfect time for the 23-year-old.