Jannik Sinner relents after five and a half hours, Roland Garros still belongs to Carlos Alcaraz
In an incredible, romantic Roland Garros men’s singles final, the longest in history at 5 hours and 29 minutes, between the two best tennis players in the world, Carlos Alcaraz, the number 2, beat Jannik Sinner, the number 1, with a score of 4-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-6.
In the first three games of the match there are break points, Sinner saves three in the first, Alcaraz one in the second, Jannik two in the third. Break for Alcaraz and counterbreak for Sinner in the sixth game, then the blue player has a break point that is also a set point at 5-4 and he turns it.
The blue player has a break point that is also a set point at 5-4 and he turns it.
The South Tyrolean makes another break in the second groan of the second set and then goes 3-0 up, keeps the lead until 5-2 and on 5-3 while serving for the set loses the serve. It goes to the tie-break, in which Sinner from 1-2 strung together five consecutive points and then went ahead by two at third set point winning it 7-4.
Break for Sinner also in the first game of the third. But tennis is the devil’s sport, and Alcaraz overtakes him by going 3-1 up and maintaining the lead at 5-3. Here he too fails to finish the set and is counter-breached but at 5-4 Sinner loses serve at zero and Alcaraz shortens the distance.
Alcaraz saves a break point at 1-1 in the fourth set. On 3-3 Carlos also loses serve at zero, Sinner goes 5-3 0-4 Alcaraz service and then there are three match points, the first one the Murcian cancels, the other two Sinner misses. The Murcian completes the work with five points in a row and in the next game makes the counterbreak: 5-5. Another tie-break and this time Alcaraz wins it with a decisive partial from 1-2 to 7-3.
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Sinner looks like he can’t take it anymore and is prey to cramps, Alcaraz snatches his serve immediately in the first game of the fifth set and then goes 2-0 up. Jannik, however, does not give up, holds dstance until 5-3 and when Alcaraz serves for the match at 5-4 he snatches his serve! 5-5, unbelievable.
After two games in which the two fought it out without conceding break points we go to the super tie-break In which Alcaraz flies to 7-0 with three minIbre, two points for Jannik and then it is the Spaniard, with a stunning forehand pass for the final 10-2, who raises the Musketeers’ Cup for the second consecutive year.
Sinner himself had been the last to come back from two sets down in a Slam final, at the Australian Open in 2024 against Daniil Medvedev; the last at Roland Garros was Novak Djokovic in 2021 against Stefanos Tsitsipas. For Alcaraz it is the fifth career Slam won out of five finals played, the second consecutive Roland Garros, Sinner consoles himself by remaining firmly No. 1.
