The 2025 French Open comes to a close on Sunday, June 8 when the Men’s final takes place at Roland-Garros in Paris with No. 1 Jannik Sinner going against No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz.
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This year’s final is a rematch of one of last year’s semifinals, in which Alcaraz earned a 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win before going to capture the crown the next match. The defending champion almost didn’t get back to this point though, as his semifinal matchup with No. 8 Lorenzo Musetti started off in the Italian’s favor before Alcaraz won a second set tiebreak to even the score. The third set belonged completely to Alcaraz who won 6-0. And in the fourth, Musetti retired, allowing Alcaraz to advance back to the final in search of his second French Open win and fifth career major title.
In the other semifinal, Sinner took down Novak Djokovic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6(7-3). Sinner hasn’t lost a set all tournament, validating his No. 1 ranking by breezing through the competition, even the all-time leader in major titles. After winning the Australian Open and U.S. Open last year, Sinner opened 2025 with another win down in Australia. Now he looks to capture his first crown at Roland-Garros, which would be his third-straight major victory and give him a chance to complete the Grand Slam at Wimbledon.
Who: No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 1 Jannik Sinner
When: Sunday, June 8 at 9 a.m. EDT
Where: Roland-Garros in Paris
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Sinner bids for his first French Open title against defending champion Alcaraz
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has not yet dropped a set in his bid to win the French Open for the first time. Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, his opponent in Sunday’s final, has dropped four sets along the way.
Sinner has only been pushed to one tiebreaker — in Friday’s semifinal win against Novak Djokovic — and is on a 20-match winning streak in Grand Slam tournaments, after winning the U.S. Open and the Australian Open.
“Jannik, he’s the best tennis player right now,” the No. 2-ranked Alcaraz said. “I mean, he’s destroying every opponent through the semifinal.”
But Alcaraz has considerable factors in his favor.
He has a 21-1 record on clay this year, winning titles on the dirt in Rome — beating Sinner in the final after the Italian returned from his doping ban — and Monte Carlo.
Alcaraz also has won the past four matches against Sinner, leads him 7-4 overall, and has won more majors — 4-3 — despite being one year younger at 22. He has also played in a French Open final before, which Sinner has not.
Djokovic, who owns a men’s-record 24 major titles and 100 in total, has faced and beaten the greatest players of his era.
But he felt the relentless aggression of Sinner’s forehand and booming power of his serve during his straight-set defeat on Friday — his fourth straight loss to Sinner.
Djokovic has also lost in two Wimbledon finals to Alcaraz, who displays shot-making wizardry from anywhere on the court, and sometimes hits even harder than Sinner does.
So Djokovic knows just how difficult it is to cope against both players, saying “these kind of guys, like Sinner and Alcaraz, they’re constantly on you and basically increase the pressure as the match progresses.”
Djokovic added: “When the opportunities are presented, they’re very rare, so it makes you a little more anxious.”
Big picture for Sinner
Sinner said the key to his victory against Djokovic, who pushed him hard in the third set on Friday, was staying calm and, somehow, managing to have enough focus amid the onslaught of Djokovic’s attacks to still see the big picture.
“It’s important to take your time. It’s important to understand the moments of the match, which I think I made very good,” he said. “The mental part was in a good spot.”
That’s where he maybe has the edge over Alcaraz.
The jovial Spaniard, who loves to entertain the crowd, has looked the more nervous player at Roland-Garros so far. At times he struggled against eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti in their semifinal, which Alcaraz won in four sets after the Italian retired with a leg injury.
But he’s “not worried” about dropping a few sets.
“Because I know that I have time and I’m strong mentally enough to come back,” Alcaraz said.
Alcaraz proved that in last year’s French Open final, when he came back from 2-1 down in sets to beat Alexander Zverev, another big server like Sinner.
The hallmarks of his comeback in that match were down-the-line, forehand winners mixed with remarkable drop shots launched from anywhere.
Big win for tennis fans
Sinner is serving better than Alcaraz, however, and also showed his deft touch with a majestic flick-of-the-wrist drop shot that mesmerized even Djokovic.
“It’s going to be a really great Sunday,” Alcaraz said. “For the fans of tennis.”
The result will see either Alcaraz pulling away to a 5-3 lead in major titles, or Sinner equalizing on 4-4. A new tennis rivalry to match the glorious three-way battle for supremacy between Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal?
“At the moment, that’s kind of hard, because they need to play against each for at least 10-plus years nonstop in order to be part of the same discussion,” the 38-year-old Djokovic said Friday, laughing. “But they’re definitely great for tennis, both of them. I think their rivalry is something that our sport needs, no doubt. I’m sure that we’re going to see them lifting the big trophies quite often.”
The Associated Press contributed to this post
