Tennis: Alcaraz wins longest French Open final against Sinner

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP

Published on 08/06/2025 - 23:13 GMT+2

Carlos Alcaraz rallied from 2 sets down and saved 3 lucifer points to hit Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) connected Sunday and triumph nan French Open title for a 2nd consecutive year.

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

It was moreover amended than his capacity successful past year's last , erstwhile he came backmost from 2-1 down to hit Alexander Zverev. This clip Alcaraz emulated Novak Djokovic’s feat from nan 2021 FINAL astatine Roland Garros, erstwhile nan now 24-time awesome victor fought backmost from 2 sets down to hit Stefanos Tsitsipas.

“I’m conscionable proud. I’m conscionable really, really happy,” Alcaraz said earlier praising Sinner: “I cognize really difficult you are chasing this tournament. You’re going to beryllium champion, not once, but many, galore times. It’s a privilege to stock nan tribunal pinch you successful each tournament, making this communicative pinch you.”

It was nan first clip that Sinner had mislaid a Grand Slam final, but nan 5th clip successful succession he has now mislaid to Alcaraz, who clinched nan 20th title of his profession astatine nan property of 22.

Unending drama

It was besides nan longest-ever French Open last — 5 hours, 29 minutes — successful nan Open Era. The sheer tightness of it reflected successful nan truth that Sinner won 193 points, Alcaraz 192.

For aft 3 hours, 43 minutes, Sinner had his first lucifer point. But pinch conscionable complete 5 hours since nan lucifer began, Alcaraz served for nan title astatine 5-4 up.

Sinner made a singular retrieve from yet different superb Alcaraz driblet shot. At nan very limit he could agelong to, Sinner glided nan shot complete nan net, pinch nan shot landing pinch nan softness of an autumn leafage and retired of Alcaraz’s scope to make it 15-40.

When Sinner won nan crippled to make it 5-5, it was his move to beverage nan applause and he was 2 points distant from triumph successful nan 12th game, pinch Alcaraz connected service and astatine 15-30 and astatine deuce.

But Alcaraz made a staggering cross-court backhand to make it 6-6 and unit a tiebreaker, pinch nan crowd going chaotic erstwhile Alcaraz’s cross-court victor made it 4-0.

Sinner could not find a measurement backmost and Alcaraz won nan tiebreaker and nan lucifer pinch a superb forehand walk down nan statement and past fell onto his backmost to celebrate. Then he rushed complete to creation and hug nan squad members successful his box.

“I'm very happy for you, and you merit it, truthful congrats,” nan 23-year-old Sinner told Alcaraz. ”It’s an astonishing trophy, truthful I won't slumber coming very well, but it's okay."