Rolex testimonee Alcaraz reversed Sinner 3-2 to defend the French Open title!

09/06/2025 05:09:00 PANDATV

The fifteen-day French Open 2025 ended in a high-profile men's singles final, with Rolex Testimonee Alcaraz showing his "big heart" as he overcame a two-set deficit and saved three match points to defeat world No. 1 Sinner 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6 (10-2) to defend his title for the first time at Roland Garros and win his fifth career Grand Slam title (US Open 2022, Wimbledon 2023, French Open 2024, Wimbledon 2024). , 2025 French Open), and rewrote his head-to-head record with Sinner to 8-4.

Alcaraz defended his French Open title

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The two sides were quick to get into the groove in the opening game, with Alcaraz forcing three break points on Sinner's first service game and the Italian struggling to hold serve in the first game, which lasted 12 minutes. Alcaraz broke for the first time of the game in the fifth game, but Sinner broke back and the scores rose back and went back to Alcaraz's unbreakable serve, where Sinner won the first set 6-4 with a crucial late break to take the first set.

In the second set, Sinner seized Alcaraz's dip and quickly built a 3-0 lead. The pair then held serve and came to Sinner's serve to win the set, where Alcaraz improved his form to break back and level the score. The second set then went into a tie-break, and although Alcaraz struggled to save two set points, Sinner won the second set tie-break with a narrow score of 7-4 to establish a 2-0 advantage.

Sinner

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In the third set, Alcaraz played a small climax of four games in a row after being broken in the opening game to take a 4-1 lead. Both men then held serve and Alcaraz broke back in the service game, but he quickly bounced back and won four points in the next game to win the set 6-4. The two sides battled to a 3-3 tie in the first six games of the fourth set, and Sinner stepped up his offensive in the seventh game to complete a break to bring the score to 5-3. Alcaraz was down 0-40 on his own serve, but he saved three match points in a row to hold five straight points before breaking back on Sinner's serve to make it 5-5. The fourth set went into a tie-break, with Alcaraz winning the fourth set 7-3 with a better performance to take the match to the deciding set.

Alcaraz

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Alcaraz opened the fifth set with back-to-back breaks to take a 2-0 lead. Sinner kept the score tight, breaking in Alcaraz's service game to get back to the same running line, and then in the fifth set to a tie-break, Alcaraz sealed the win 10-2 with a "crushing momentum".

The dramatic final lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes, making it the longest men's singles final in the tournament's history, and Alcaraz became the ninth man in the Open era to complete a Grand Slam final comeback. Former world No. 1 and 1999 champion Agassi presented the awards to the champions and runners-up at the ceremony.

Alcaraz's road to the title

First round: Zepiriye 6-3, 6-4, 6-2[Q]

Second round: 6-1/4-6/6-1/6-2 Marosanne

Third round: 6-1/6-3/4-6/6-4 Dzuch

Fourth round: 7-6(8)/6-3/4-6/6-4 Sheldon[13]

1/4 Finals: 6-0/6-1/6-4 Paul[12]

Semi-finals: 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-0, 2-0 Ret. Musetti[8]

Final: 4-6/6-7(4)/6-4/7-6(3)/7-6(10-2)Sinner[1]

Paulini/Errani won the Women's Doubles title

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In the Women's Doubles final, second seeds Paulini/Errani defeated unseeded Danilina/Krunic 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 to claim their first Grand Slam title as a pair. Over the past year, the Italian duo have won four WTA1000 titles and a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. It was the sixth Grand Slam women's doubles title of the veteran's career, and she also won the mixed doubles title with Vavasori at the French Open. For Paulini, she reached the final of the French Open a year ago, but finished runner-up in both singles and doubles, and a year later, she went one step further to claim her first Grand Slam title in Women's Doubles.

Results of the 15th day of the 2025 French Open