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Reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz won his second title of French Open Male after an exciting match of five sets against Jannik Sinner on Sunday.
Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Colem tournament in as many finals, produced one of the greatest feedback in the history of the Clay-Court tournament.
“I’m just proud. I’m really, really very happy,” said Alcaraz before renting Sinner. “I know how much you continue this tournament. You are going to be champion, not once, but a lot, several 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 won the third set 6-4. Alcaraz followed 5-3, 40-0 in the fourth set before surpassing himself in front of his rival, winning an equality break 7-6 (3). In the fifth decisive set, the Spanish player came out in the lead after a break in unbalanced equality.
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Sinner and Alcaraz share seven major titles, four for Alcaraz and three to Sinner, who is in the final of the French Open for the first time. It was the first time that the sinner has lost a Grand Chelem final.
It was also the longest Open of France – 5 hours, 29 minutes – in the open age.
Sinner is on a sequence of 20 consecutive victories in the Grand Chelem tournaments, after winning the We open and the Australian Open.
Alcaraz, 22, has a file of 21-1 on Tour on Clay this year and beat the 23-year-old sinner in their last four meetings.
Publisher’s note: An earlier version of this story has misized the name of Sinner.