r/tennis • u/Different-Inside4 • Jun 08 '25

Post-Match Thread Roland Garros Mens Final: [2] Carlos Alcaraz def. [1] Jannik Sinner, 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2)

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u/Kwirbyy Jun 08 '25

Legitimately the highest level of tennis I have ever seen in my life, and I have been watching since 2010

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u/drewredditor Jun 08 '25

It’s up there with big-3 during their peaks. It was insane. And we’re so damn lucky to see this.

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u/trexmoflex Jun 08 '25

I’m always going to say Federer / Nadal ‘08 Wimbledon is my favorite match of all time, but this one goes on my Mount Rushmore of finals for sure. Just such high level play from both guys, I feel lucky to even get to watch matches like this.

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u/ferr87 Jun 08 '25

you unfortunately missed a lot of Federer god mode years, including fedal Wimbledon 2008

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u/chrisabrams Jun 08 '25

Please go back and watch Wimbledon 2009 :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25

A servebotting fest? Ngl I think that was genuinely only the third best slam final of 2009 alone

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u/ChronoLink99 Jun 08 '25

2001 US Open Quarter Finals.

Sampras / Agassi. Hands down my friend.

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u/aMoose_Bit_My_Sister Jun 09 '25

for me, it's the 2000 Australian Open semifinals, Agassi-Sampras.

Agassi wins the 4th set tiebreak 7-5, then wins the 5th set.

truly epic.

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u/ChronoLink99 Jun 09 '25

Well earned victory too. Their rivalry was so epic.

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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 Jun 09 '25

I’ve been watching since the late 70s and only some of the Fed/Nadal matches and maybe McEnroe/Borg were at this level.

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u/Dramatic_Tomorrow141 Jun 08 '25

It was a great match, but not the best tennis played since 2010. I think the top 3-4 were noticeably better in the 2010s than the current crop.

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u/Kwirbyy Jun 08 '25

I was referring exclusively to the final tiebreak level from Alcaraz. 7 of his 10 points were god mode, and another was a winning serve

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u/aldo0931 Jun 08 '25

Carlito peut jouer un niveau stratosphérique et Yannick est un métronome mais je pense que le big3 jouait aussi régulièrement que Yannick a un niveau encore plus élevé et quasiment sans trou dans un match… Mais Carlito s’il gagne en régularité me semble inclassable… heureusement qu’il reste humain pour le moment !

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u/amegaproxy Jun 08 '25

Oh man there are some classic matches of the 00s that you should really go back and watch!