On Sunday, June 8, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner delivered a five-hour masterclass at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in the French Open men's singles final, which even modern legends Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer couldn't help but tip their hats to. As the couple established the record for the longest French Open final in the Open Era, Alcaraz and Sinner were engaged in a thrilling exchange.

In a five-set marathon, Carlos Alcaraz rallied from two sets down to defeat Sinner, winning the match by scores of 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, and 7-6. With their match surpassing the 1982 French Open final between Mats Wilander and Guillermo Vilas, the two established a new record for the tournament's lengthiest final ever.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer uploaded a picture with Alcaraz and Sinner to Instagram Stories, writing, "3 winners in Paris today. Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and the beautiful game of tennis. What a match."

On the other hand, Rafael Nadal, who announced his retirement from professional tennis last year, shared a picture of both Alcaraz and Sinner from the French Open final and wrote, "What a great @rolandgarros final! Congrats also @janniksin for the great battle."

After winning the intense battle in the final, Alcaraz praised his opponent, Jannik Sinner, for providing him with a great match that lasted for five hours and 29 minutes. It must be mentioned that with this win over Sinner, Alcaraz ended the Italian's 20-match winning streak across all Grand Slams.

“I am pretty sure you are going to be champion not once, but many, many times. It is a privilege to share the court with you in every tournament,” said Alcaraz.

“I am just really, really happy to be able to make history with you in this tournament, in other tournaments; you are a huge inspiration to young kids and to me.”

Alcaraz's fifth Grand Slam win

As a result of this victory, Carlos Alcaraz is now a five-time Grand Slam winner. He also handed Sinner his first defeat in a major final.

Earlier, the Italian had registered victories in the Australian Open finals in 2024 and 2025 and the US Open final in 2024.

Carlos Alcaraz's victory was made greater by the fact that he saved three championship points. Sinner let go of three match points at 5-3 when he was 40-0 up in the fourth set. 

Not just the fourth set, Sinner was also 6-5 up in the fifth and deciding set, but Alcaraz clawed his way back to win the title. 

“I won’t sleep tonight very well, but it’s okay,” Sinner said during the presentation ceremony. 

“First of all Carlos, congrats. It was an amazing performance, an amazing battle, and an amazing job. I am very happy for you, you deserve it," he added. 

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