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The French open men’s final came down to an epic between two of the best athletes in the sport on Sunday – Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
In what turned out to be one of the most exciting competitions in sports this year, Alcaraz stormed back to defeat Sinner 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).
It looked like Sinner had the advantage early in the match. Sinner won the first set 6-4 and got away with a 7-6 win in set # 2. But the momentum that the Italian star built in the first two sets of the match seemed to fizzle away when Alcaraz came back stronger every time Sinner tried to put him away.
Alcaraz took the third set, 6-4. Then Sinner had a 5-3 advantage on Alcaraz in the fourth set, but the Spanish star dug deep down and exploited another mentality. He came back to tie the set of six matches per year. Piece and then forced a draw where he won 7-3.
Alcaraz won the first game in the fifth set after a shot that landed close to the net on Sinner’s side. The whole momentum apparently switched to Alcaraz as he took and maintained the lead.
Sinner wouldn’t go quietly. Although he was frustrated in the middle of the set, he showed the crowd at Roland Garros why he was No. 1 tennis player in the world. He hit an incredible shot close to the net that even Alcaraz couldn’t reach. Alcaraz, despite having the server, couldn’t have the winner he needed. Sinner tied the sets of five games per day. Pcs.
Sinner dug deeply. Just when he could have escaped the grip on the tournament, he was back. He took a 6-5 lead after Alcaraz forced the game back to Deuce. Incredible shot after incredible shot, and it was sins that had the edge of what could have been the decisive set.
Not so quickly, Alcaraz said essentially. He forced the decisive set tiebreaker with an incredible backhand winner.
The audience watched with Bated Breath as the two tennis players continued to hit the ball back and forth on the iconic red clay. It took more than five hours to finally decide a winner.
Alcaraz came through and won the tiebreaker 10-2 and caught the French open title for the second straight year.
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