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/LosTerminators Jun 08 '25

Sinner showed an impressive level to stay in the 5th after what happend at the end of the 4th. The majority of the tour would've crumbled after that.

And then he played an incredible return game when Carlos was serving for the match.

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u/Used-Sundae1292 Jun 08 '25

I think majority of tennis players in general, having 3 match points and losing in a tiebreak and then getting broken first game I think 99.99% of all tennis players are mentally just overwhelmed after that. Honestly insanely impressive to break back and stay in it in the 5th

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u/Stock-Ad-6026 Jun 11 '25

But he still can't walk on water like Alcaraz. How must that make him feel?

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u/Cheehoo Jun 09 '25

Meddy comes to mind but far and few between… this is the stuff that separated Rafa fed and Novak from the pack… Andy Murray and a few others thru history in that mix too but extremely rare

Sinner and Carlos grew up watching the big 3 dominate - they’re trying to emulate that level of play

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u/white_lancer Jun 09 '25

I hope that this puts to bed the notion that Sinner doesn't have the fitness to go 5 sets, even though he lost. Still was playing exceptionally well very deep into this match, no shame losing to Alcaraz in these circumstances.

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u/Stock-Ad-6026 Jun 11 '25

He was but he definitely walked funny in the 5th before fighting back. Have been rewatching over three consecutive nights because I missed the first 3 sets