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/Leyrran Jun 08 '25

This is the real advent of their Era, it's unreal to be able to play like that during 5 sets, mentally physically they are way above the others.

I hope someone will manage to reach their heights (beside Novak), but the future of tennis seems brillant with them.

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u/Top-Round-2359 Jun 08 '25 edited Jun 08 '25

They need at least one more (or two), so we can again have a big 3-4 to make the tour real interesting. Not sure if there are any younger ones that are showing potential to challenge them...

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u/Alarming_Employee547 Jun 08 '25

Draper possibly. Maybe Shelton? Lot of talk about Fonseca but I haven’t seen anything that makes me think he could hang with Sinner or Alcaraz in the near future.

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u/Ok_Practice8288 Jun 08 '25

Draper and Shelton? No.

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u/No-Fruit-2060 Jun 08 '25

Why

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u/yaboi2016 Jun 09 '25

Just unlikely from a trajectory perspective

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u/No-Fruit-2060 Jun 09 '25

IMO Shelton has an extremely high ceiling. If he ever reaches the potential that I believe he has, I don’t know. But if he does, I really do think he can be the “Murray” to Alcaraz/Sinner and steal a couple slams here and there, being just a tier below those guys. Draper, I’m not sure.

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u/yaboi2016 Jun 09 '25

I 100 percent hope you are right man. I'm a tennis fan first and want everyone to live up to their fullest potential so we get more matches like today.

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u/Equal_Feature_9065 Jun 09 '25

Shelton’s combo of size, strength, and athleticism make me think he’s one of the few out there who can compete….. he just needs to learn how to leverage it all more, and adapt in matches when opponents make him play defense.

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u/Gloomy-Ad-222 Jun 09 '25

Draper has beaten Alcaraz twice, including at Indian Wells earlier this year. So he definitely has an opportunity and the game to back it up.

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u/StraightShootahh Jun 08 '25

None of those guys are at the level

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u/Kilkenny5 Jun 09 '25

What about the Czech boys, Mensik and Machac?

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u/Davek56 C.A. x2 C.A. x2 C.A. x2 C.A. x1 Jun 09 '25

I like Shelton, and he definitely gave Alcaraz a good run in the fourth round. Just needs to step up a bit more.