Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz showed why the future of tennis is in terrific hands at the French Open final on Sunday.
Alcaraz staged an epic comeback in a match that lasted five hours and 29 minutes. According to The Sporting News, it was the longest French Open men’s singles final and the second-longest Grand Slam final.
At the beginning of the match, it seemed No. 1 seed Sinner would dominate. He won the first two sets, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Alcaraz didn’t fold, though, winning the third set 6-4. Before this, Sinner had won 31 consecutive sets at the 2025 French Open, via Yahoo Sports. Perhaps this impacted his psyche for the rest of the match.
Alcaraz continued to roll in the fourth set, winning 7-6 (3). But then it seemed the pendulum was swinging back in Sinner’s favor.
In the fifth set, he won five of the first eight games. In the ninth game, he won the first three points. However, he failed to take advantage of this opportunity and let Alcaraz rally again.
He won the next three games to take a 6-5 lead. Sinner would hold in the next game, setting up a tiebreaker, but Alcaraz would win it decisively. He captured 10 of the 12 points in the tiebreaker, clinching his second consecutive title at Roland-Garros.
