Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz received his second-straight French Open males’s title after an exhilarating five-set match in opposition to Jannik Sinner on Sunday.
Sinner, the top-ranked participant, received the primary two units 6-4, 7-6 (4) earlier than Alcaraz claimed the third set 6-4. Alcaraz was trailing 5-3, 40-0 within the fourth set earlier than rallying previous his rival, successful a tiebreaker 7-6 (3). Within the deciding fifth set, the Spanish participant got here out on high after a lopsided tiebreaker.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain competes in opposition to Jannik Sinner on the French Open Males’s Closing on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier on the Roland-Garros Advanced in Paris, France on June 8, 2025.
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Sinner and Alcaraz share seven main titles, 4 for Alcaraz and three for Sinner, who’s within the French Open ultimate for the primary time. It was the primary time that Sinner had misplaced a Grand Slam ultimate.
It was additionally the longest-ever French Open ultimate.
Sinner is on a 20-match successful streak in Grand Slam tournaments, after successful the U.S. Open and the Australian Open.
The 22-year-old Alcaraz owns a tour-leading 21-1 report on clay this 12 months and has overwhelmed the 23-year-old Sinner of their previous 4 conferences.
EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier model of this story misspelled Sinner’s first identify.
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