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Eva Geitheim

Jannik Sinner Had Classy Message for Carlos Alcaraz After Losing Epic French Open Final

Jannik Sinner of Italy at Roland Garros stadium. | Susan Mullane-Imagn Images

Jannik Sinner was on the unfortunate end of Carlos Alcaraz's epic comeback to win the 2025 French Open on Sunday. After winning the first two sets (4-6, 6-7) of the match, Sinner appeared primed to win his first French Open title before Alcaraz fought off multiple championship points to take the fourth set. Alcaraz won the final three sets (6-4, 7-6, 7-6), pulling off the comeback in what will go down as one of the most thrilling French Open finals ever.

Even after Alcaraz took the third set, Alcaraz and Sinner went back-and-forth until the end of a match that lasted five hours and 29 minutes long. The match turned out to be the longest men's singles final in Roland-Garros history, and the second-longest in any Grand Slam final in the Open Era, only behind the 2012 Australian Open final between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

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