Carlos Alcaraz stood out from two sets and saved three games to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) on Sunday and maintained his French Open Championship for the second straight year.
Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam Championship in many finals, and he won one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the Clay Championship.
This was the first time the Sinner lost the Grand Slam final, and he lost to Alkaraz for the fifth time in a row.
It is also the longest French Open final ever in the Open era – five hours and 29 minutes.
After 3:43, the Sinner got his first match point. But just over five hours since the start of the game, Alcaraz won the championship 5-4.
The drama is not over yet.
Sina got an amazing recovery from another great Alcaraz shot. At the limit he could extend to, the sinner slid the ball across the net, the ball landed, the softness of autumn and the fingers of Alcaraz, making it 15-40.
When Sinner won the game 5-5, it was his turn to milk the applause, two points from the win in Game 12, while Alcaraz serves and 15-30 and is in Deuce.
But Alcaraz made a stunning cross-field backhand, making it 6-6 and forcing the deciding game, and the crowd was wild when Alcaraz’s cross-field champion scored 4-0.
The Sinner couldn’t find the defender, and Alcaraz won a great forehand defeat before falling on his back to celebrate.
