In the men's singles final of the ATP1000 Cincinnati Station that ended on August 20, Beijing time, the world No. 1 Italy player Sinner lost two sets in straight sets and defeated United States local player Tiafoe to win the championship. However, after the game, Tiafoe made a "middle finger" gesture to Sinner at the award ceremony, which sparked heated discussions.
In this final, Sinner was in control from start to finish. After narrowly winning the first set tie-break, he missed three match points in the final stage of the second set, but he still defeated Tiafoe 7-6 (4), 6-2 to win the championship. It was Sinner's third career Masters title and 15th of his career. Sinner has won all five finals this season.
However, at the award ceremony after the game, a jaw-dropping scene occurred. As Sinner and his team were holding the trophy and taking a picture with the camera, Tiafoe suddenly walked up to Sinner and raised his middle finger at the camera. Tiafoe's smiling face would have predicted that he was joking, but it was really out of place to do so on such an occasion. And the generous Sinner, he could only smile helplessly.
After the game, the United States media rarely reported on Tiafoe's middle finger to deliberately cover up the past. The few household terms are also very exquisite. They described Tiafoe's actions as "photo bombing, hilariously holds up his middle finger", etc. It has to be said that the United States media, which has the right to speak in the global common language, occupy the innate advantage of propaganda resources, and while protecting calves without a bottom line, it also reveals their hypocritical "double standard" face.