Jannik Sinner, king of the clay of Parisian | EUROtoday

Lhe lengthy -awaited duel Porte d’Auteuil between the 2 heads of collection concluded with the victory of Carlos Alcaraz, this Sunday, May 8. A worthy inheritor to Rafael Nadal, the Spaniard thus gained his fifth title of the Grand Slam, the second in Roland-Garros. He additionally retains his title in opposition to Jannik Sinner, world number one, successful in 5 units (4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6) During a rare remaining of greater than 5 hours of play. The longest within the historical past of Roland-Garros.

Relentless on Parisian clay with a powerful evaluation of fifteen victories for a defeat, Alcaraz asserted himself as essentially the most formidable participant of the season on Ocher.

The youngest participant to win an ATP 500 title

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To qualify, the Spaniard eradicated, within the semi-finals, one other Italian, Lorenzo Musetti. Before that, the gifted Spanish had crushed the American Tommy Paul in three units. With this victory, the Spaniard realizes the double Porte d’Auteuil, the place he was victorious final yr, and due to this fact added a brand new line to his document after being titled on the US Open in 2022 and in Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024.

In February, the champion additionally grew to become the youngest participant to win an ATP 500 title in 4 totally different areas (clay, grass, out of doors and onerous within the room), a class of prestigious tournaments, simply behind the Masters 1000 and the Great Chelems.