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2025 French Open: Alcaraz Rallies from Two Sets Down to Defeat Sinner and Win French Open Title

(No. 2) Carlos Alcaraz def. (No. 1) Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2)

Carlos Alcaraz defended his French Open title in dramatic fashion on Sunday, coming back from two sets down and saving three championship points to defeat world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in a five-set classic decided by a 10-point tiebreak.

Sinner, chasing his first French Open and fourth Grand Slam title, came out strong, winning the first two sets and breaking early in the third. He had an opportunity to close out the match in the fourth set when he led 5–3, 40–0 on Alcaraz’s serve, holding triple championship point. But Alcaraz dug deep, saving all three points before breaking Sinner in the next game as the Italian served for the title—shifting the momentum.

In the final set, Alcaraz served for the championship at 5–4 but was broken. Sinner held for 6–5, but Alcaraz responded by holding serve to force the decisive tiebreak. He then stormed out to a 7–0 lead and closed the breaker out 10–2 to clinch the title.

The margins of the match were razor thin. Sinner outscored Alcaraz 193 to 192, and both players broke serve seven times. But it was Alcaraz who found the edge when it mattered most.

“The match is not finished until he wins the last point,” Alcaraz said in his postmatch press conference. “A lot of times, people come back from match point down in a Grand Slam final or even in other matches. I just wanted to be one of those players who saved match point in a Grand Slam final and ended up winning.”

“I just believed all the time. I never doubted myself, even in those match points down. I thought, just one point at a time. Just one point and then after one point, try to save that game and keep believing. That’s what I thought.”

It also marked the first time in nine attempts that Alcaraz has come back from two sets down to win a match.

After 5 hours and 29 minutes—the longest men’s final in French Open history and the second-longest Grand Slam final ever—Alcaraz captured his fifth major title. He remains undefeated in Grand Slam finals at 5–0 and extended his head-to-head lead over Sinner to 8–4.

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