Alcaraz beats Sinner to win epic 2025 French Open men’s singles final

Carlos Alcaraz defends his French Open rubric with 1 of tennis’s top comebacks against Jannik Sinner.

Carlos Alcaraz rallied from 2 sets down and saved 3 lucifer points to bushed Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) successful an all-time classical triumph astatine the French Open – a rubric the Spaniard won for a 2nd consecutive year.

Alcaraz, who won his 5th Grand Slam tourney successful arsenic galore finals, produced 1 of the top comebacks successful the past of the clay-court tournament.

It was adjacent amended than his show present past year, erstwhile helium came backmost from 2-1 down successful sets successful the last against Alexander Zverev. This time, Alcaraz emulated Novak Djokovic’s feat from the 2021 last astatine Roland-Garros, erstwhile the present 24-time large victor fought backmost from 2 sets down to bushed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

“I’m conscionable proud. I’m conscionable really, truly happy,” Alcaraz said aft the lucifer connected Sunday earlier praising Sinner. “I cognize however hard you are chasing this tournament. You’re going to beryllium champion, not once, but many, galore times. It’s a privilege to stock the tribunal with you successful each tournament, making this communicative with you.”

It was the archetypal clip that Sinner had mislaid a Grand Slam final, but the 5th clip successful succession helium has present mislaid to Alcaraz, who clinched the 20th tennis rubric of his vocation astatine the property of 22.

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz poses with the trophy aft winning the men’s singles last alongside the runner-up, Italy’s Jannik Sinner [Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters]

It was besides the longest-ever French Open last — 5 hours, 29 minutes — successful the Open Era.

After 3 hours, 43 minutes, Sinner had his archetypal lucifer point. But with conscionable implicit 5 hours since the lucifer began, Alcaraz served for the rubric astatine 5-4 up.

The play was inactive not over.

Sinner made a singular retrieve from yet different superb Alcaraz driblet shot. At the precise bounds helium could agelong to, Sinner glided the shot implicit the net, with the shot landing with the softness of an autumn leafage and retired of Alcaraz’s scope to marque it 15-40.

Alcaraz stretches to marque a changeable during his last lucifer against Sinner [Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters]

When Sinner won the crippled to marque it 5-5, it was his crook to beverage the applause and helium was 2 points distant from triumph successful the 12th game, with Alcaraz connected service and astatine 15-30 and astatine deuce.

But Alcaraz made a staggering cross-court backhand to marque it 6-6 and unit a tie-breaker, with the assemblage going chaotic erstwhile Alcaraz’s cross-court victor made it 4-0.

Sinner could not find a mode back, and Alcaraz won the lucifer with a superb forehand walk down the enactment and past fell onto his backmost to celebrate. Then helium rushed implicit to creation and hug the squad members successful his box.

“I’m precise blessed for you, and you merit it, truthful congrats,” the 23-year-old Sinner told Alcaraz. ”It’s an astonishing trophy, truthful I won’t slumber contiguous precise well, but it’s OK.”

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