Carlos Alcaraz wins his second men from the French open Straight

Defender champion Carlos Alcaraz He won his second title of consecutive French men after an exciting five -set game against Jannik Sinner on Sunday.

Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Slam tournament in so many finals, produced one of the biggest returns in the history of the clay court tournament.

“I’m proud. I’m very happy,” Alcaraz said before praising Sinner. “I know how hard you are chasing this tournament. You are going to be champion, not once, but many, many times. It is a privilege to share the court with you in each tournament, making this story with you.”

SINNER, the best classified player won the first two sets 6-4, 7-6 (4) Before Alcaraz claimed the third set 6-4. Alcaraz was following 5-3, 40-0 on the fourth set before overcoming his rival, winning a 7-6 tiebreaker (3). In the fifth decisive set, the Spanish player went to the top after an unequal tiebreaker.

Sinner and Alcaraz share seven main titles, four for Alcaraz and three for Sinner, who is in the French Open final for the first time. It was the first time that Sinner had lost a Grand Slam final.

It was also the final of the longest France Open, 5 hours, 29 minutes, in the open era.

Sinner is on a winning streak of 20 games in Grand Slam tournaments, after winning the Us open and the Australian Open.

Alcaraz, 22, has a record of 21-1 leaders of the Clay tour this year and has defeated the 23-year-old sinner in his last four meetings.

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story wrote the first name of Sinner.

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