Carlos Alcaraz wins his second straight French Open males’s title after beating No. 1 Jannik Sinner

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.

Alcaraz, who received his fifth Grand Slam event in as many finals, produced one of many biggest comebacks within the historical past of the clay-court event.

“I am simply proud. I am simply actually, actually completely satisfied,” Alcaraz mentioned earlier than praising Sinner. “I understand how arduous you’re chasing this event. You are going to be champion, not as soon as, however many, many instances. It is a privilege to share the courtroom with you in each event, making this story with you.”

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 prime after a lopsided tiebreaker.

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 — 5 hours, 29 minutes — within the Open Period.

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 file on clay this yr 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 title.