Spanish Carlos Alcaraz reacts after won the last match of the French tennis open in Roland-Garros against the Italian Jannik Sinner in Paris (picture via AP /Christophe Ena) New Delhi: Coming to the final of the French Open, one question to which it was not answered in the bubbling rivalry between Carlos Alcaz and Jannik Sinner was, as they would hold with the main title on the line. They introduced their class progressively in round 16, in the neighborhoods and semifinals.On Sunday, they took a multiple five -hour 29 -minute classic, which became the longest finals of Roland Garros in the open era. The running forehand after the winner of the line later, it was Alcaraz, who maintained his flawless record in the big finals alive.The Spaniard came from two sets down to win 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 to become a return for historical books. In what happened as the second longest Grand Slam final since 1968, when the open era began, Alcaraz deposited three points of the championship, while in the fourth set served on 3-5 (0-40).In the referees he led alcaraz 5-3, broke and needed super tie -break to become the third man in this century -after Gustavo Kuerten and Rafael Nadal -to defend himself French open name. He also became only the third man in the open era – after Gaston Gaudio and Novaku Djokovic – to save the championship ENROUTE on the title Grand Slam.
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The match of extremely small, thin edges of the razor had Sinner Win 193 out of a total of 385 points, while Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Slam title, had one less.“That was the most interesting match that I have played no doubt so far,” Alcaraz said. “I think the match had everything.”“Today was about believing in myself. I have never doubted today and I tried to do it,” he said. “Real champions are produced in these situations,” he added.After two hours and 12 minutes, Sinner led the match with two sets and disintegration of points by nine (82-73).As the match progressed, another powerful status appeared checked around a four -hour brand. Sinner never won the match that took place in four hours (0-5). On the other hand, Alcaraz never won after he lost the first two sets (0-8). One of the two was ready to end this drought with strikes from behind, which torn and touches the net to make it more silky.You couldn’t give the last Alcaraz, who had bad starts in the big finals before he just won the tournament. Last year, Novak Djokovic watched in the Wimbledon finals in 2023 and Alexander Zverev.And this lane continued on Sunday in Paris, banking the 22 -year -old on the crowd and his typical never -stained attitude to push four direct games in the third line -up to fall to his first ensemble in the tournament.
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Then, again, when the point of defeat stood, Alcaraz polished five direct points to hold in 3-5 in the fourth set. He then broke Sinner’s service with an Italian attempt to obtain his third direct main title.The crowd vehemently supported Alcaraza when he packed Tiebreak in the fourth set and forced the decisive fifth set. The Spanish rocket, which masked like a magic wand, began to produce stunning shots from deep with cross judgments that landed with a lot of zipper and accuracy.In a match of endless twists, it was Sinner’s turn to add a drama with Alcaraz to the mix, who disintegrated to 5-4 when he served for the title. World No. 1 chose three games in a row to overturn 3-5 deficit on 6-5 leadership.
Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his French open crown by victory over Jannik Sinner in the final (picture over x)
In the 10 -point tiebreak, which followed, Alcaraz showed three C, which were handed over from his grandfather – Cabeza (head), Corazon (heart) and Cojones (Balls). He did not avoid referring to all three.“The fact that it just happened to the words is really honest. Two hundred down against world 1, with the level he played. I just put my heart into it and tried to keep it. I never gave up. I just fought. Point after point.“I played with three CS my grandfather. My grandfather is proud. I played after the match, I think I can say it (cojones),” he added.
Carlos Alcaraz after winning the French Open final (picture over x)
Two weeks ago it was Nadal who was presented to Court Philippe-Chamrier. For his 14 titles here and a record of 112-4 victories in the jaw. Alcaraz was one of thousands of participation, remembered, all smiled when his idol was celebrated.At a time of full circle, fourteen days later, it was another Spaniard, which was celebrated and absorbed on a trophy run. It was Alcaraz, who stood on stage with the Des Mousquetaires coupe in the curtain.Its trophy number in Paris can only read two, dwarfs with a superhuman sum, but there are signs of legends. At the age of 22, 1 month and 3 days, Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam title – the same age as Nadal when he achieved the same performance.
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In this rivalry Alcaraz vs Sinner was only 12 matches, when the Spaniard led 8-4, which polished the last five games. The duel among them is a terribly similar to the duel of Roger Federer and the historical Tussles Rafael Nadal.Federer, who had a positive record over his head to the majority of the tour during his first-class, was just trying to repel Nadal, saying that their rivalry ended at 24-16 in favor of the Spaniard.Sinner may relate to this statistic. Since 2024, his record in the area has been a win of 91-8. Remove Alcaraz from this equation and refreshes to 91-3. The last time he had a 23 -year victory over Alcaraz, he returned in September 2023.Although the rivalry looks scrape on paper, in court where it all matters, there are edges, as on Sunday, just that. And we are here – and Carlos agrees.“This is the first match in the Grand Slam final. Hopefully not the last time,” Alcaraz said.“Because I mean, as I said many times, every time we face each other, we raise our level to the top.”
