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Memorable! Alcaraz Corona the longest final in the history of Roland Garros

Spanish survives Sinner and wins the 5th Grand Slam of his career

June 08, 2025

One of the best duels of all time.

Carlos Alcaraz won his second title of Roland Garros on Sunday, revalidating the Parisian throne after the longest final in the history of the tournament. The Spanish, firm king of the whipped earth, raised three points of the game against No. 1 World Cup Jannik Sinner, which he defeated in a gigantic duel (4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in five hours and 28 minutes) to raise his fifth cup of Grand Slam, extend a nascent legacy in Paris and consolidate as an eternal figure of the sport, a gesta unspeakable with just 22 years. Murciano’s smile again captivated the French capital, where the Spanish flag waves with a widely known vigor.

“I want to thank my team and my family for everything,” Alcaraz said. “I have the privilege of living great moments with you. I have been lucky enough to have many people who have come from Murcia to support me. It is incredible the support you have given me during these two weeks. To all the people who have not been able to come but are at home, thank you very much. This trophy is also your.”

The Court Philippe-Bratrier received two players willing to write a historical rivalry, of those that mark an indelible time in memory. Alcaraz and Sinner, perched on the top of the ATP Tour with a galloping precocity, crossed blows in the great temple of the whipped earth, where the legend is written forcing the limits of the adversary. The most electric shock of the ATP Tour, drawn up for the first time in a Grand Slam final, was full of strenuous points and blows that raised the grainsties. If the circuit grows from the show, this Sunday multiplied its resonance with Paris as a witness.

Alcaraz had reached the final after completing a tournament full of notices, delivering sleeves in four of his games next to the Bologna forest. The vitola of current champion spurred the Spanish in the most important duel of all, raising the level in a scenario that did not accept any other path. On the other side of the network awaited No. 1 World Cup, a player completely reborn in Paris, where no one had managed to scratch a single manga. The figure of Sinner, mounted on a streak of 20 wins in Grand Slam and capable of stopping Novak Djokovic with absolute coldness in the semifinal, demanded a supreme constancy effort. And Carlos responded to the order.

Roland Garros champions in consecutive editions (Era Open)

The first manga was welcome to madness. With a immense ball rhythm, the two applicants engaged in a partial for the show, a notice of the battle that was yet to come. Sinner reacted to the first curves with champion makers, tracing a breakage into Spanish to confirm the challenge towards the throne. In a partial marked by the wind on the clay, Alcaraz needed medical attention in his right eye with 5-4, just before delivering the service and meeting the inclined party.

At that time, the party entered a borderline ground. The Italian, who had fallen in the final of the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome before the Spanish days before the tournament, faced a moment of conviction. After challenging the champion in the initial section of the game, the challenge of the five sleeves placed him before a hardness test. Jannik responded with an immense sleeve, accepting the loss of a break to advise a hard blow to the tiebreaker.

Alcaraz’s mental strength met a wall. The Spanish, accustomed to impossible deeds, ran to a challenge never completed in his career: lift two sleeves in a Grand Slam. Although Sinner snatched the service to the Murcian in the first set of the set, threatening with the sentence, Carlos remakeed to stay alive in Paris. The current champion turned the scoreboard, agreed not to close the set with his service and broke the Italian to force the fourth manga in a vibrant match.

If the clash had drawn a roulette of emotions, the fourth manga landed in the delirium. Sinner accelerated the ball as never looking for the last arreón towards the cup, and Alcaraz responded with a heart full of survival. With almost four hours of leg effort, the Spanish raised three parts points (3-5, 0/40) to earn a last life in the tiebreaker. With an intact champion soul, Alcaraz found the way to the final sleeve against all the elements.

The Italian, who already lost an epic duel against Alcaraz in the US Open 2022 letting a game ball escape, faced a battle against memories.

With the forces to the limit on both sides of the network, Alcaraz made intelligent use of those left. The creativity of the Spanish shone like never before in the decisive sleeve, which began breaking the Sinner service to know something unpublished in the party: the wind in favor. In a match where both touched the defeat, Sinner also responded with the water around the neck, breaking the Spanish serve to reach 5-5. In a match for history, Carlos squeezed all his strength at the Match Tie-Break until he reunited with the Musketeer Cup.

“First of all, Carlos, congratulations. It has been a wonderful game, an incredible battle,” Sinner said at the awards ceremony. “Your team and fantastic work. I’m very happy for you, you deserve it.”

“It is easier to play than to talk right now. I want to thank my team for helping me to be in this position. We have given everything until the end. Long ago I would have signed to be here, incredible tournament even if it is complicated right now.”

“The level you have is incredible, congratulations for two fabulous weeks,” Alcaraz replied. “I know how hard you work with the team every day. I know the desire you have to win this and any tournament.”

“I am sure you will be champion, not one but many times. It is a privilege to share with you the track in each tournament and make history by your side. You are a great inspiration for young children and you are also for me. Thank you for being a great example, good luck and all the best for the future.”

Alcaraz’s triumph meant the achievement of an exhausting milestone, with little precedent in recent years. The Murcia became the third player of the 21st century to protect a glass of Roland Garros, following in the footsteps of his compatriot Nadal, maximum historical champion, and the Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, the last South American king on the clay of Paris. In addition, as a sign of his versatility, Alcaraz joined Björn Borg as the only player of the open era capable of revalidating crowns in Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

Sinner leaves Paris after signing the best participation of his career in Roland Garros, confirming enough talent to aspire to the maximum of brick dust. The Italian was first defeated in a Grand Slam (1-3) final, having reached the match for the championship in three of the four large calendar.

The victory allows Alcaraz to turn on the fight for No. 1 of the PIF ATP Rankings, a SINNER armored position during the last 52 weeks. Reasuring the title of Roland Garros allows Spanish to cut up to 2,030 points the distance to the top, outside its hands since August 2023. Now, it will face a grass tour with the Wimbledon throne as the main exam.

The Spanish, consolidated as a more effective player of the season, also strengthened his status as No. 1 in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin. After a brilliant European tour of whipped land in which he crowned two Titles ATP Masters 1000 and a Grand Slam, Alcaraz opens a distance of 1,790 points on No. 2 SINNER heading to the Nitto ATP Finals, where he aspires to qualify for the fourth consecutive year.

Did you know what …?
Carlos Alcaraz became the sixth man of the open era capable of raising two sets in an individual Roland Garros final. The Spaniard completed a deed only signed by Björn Borg (1974), Ivan Lendl (1984), Andre Agassi (1999), Gastón Gaudio (2004) and Novak Djokovic (2021) in the Parisian beaten earth.