Spaniard saves three match points in fourth set before outlasting Sinner in deciding tiebreak

Carlos Alcaraz saved three match points on his way to a mind-boggling and memorable victory over top seed Jannik Sinner in a Roland-Garros final for the ages between the best two players in the world.

The defending champion looked down and out when he trailed by two sets to one and 3-5 0-40 on serve, but somehow survived to eventually defend his Paris crown 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(10-2).

The contest lasted a mind-boggling five hours and 29 minutes - the longest singles final in Paris in the Open era, and the second longest across all four Grand Slams behind the Rafael Nadal-Novak Djokovic Australian Open final in 2012 that ended after five hours and 53 minutes.

It looked all over when Alcaraz led 5-3 and served for the title at 5-4 in the fifth set only for Sinner to force a deciding first-to-ten-point tiebreak. Alcaraz jumped into a 7-0 lead in the shootout and never looked back.

The Spaniard becomes only the third man in the Open era to win a Grand Slam singles title after saving match points, joining an exclusive club that includes Gaston Gaudio (Roland-Garros 2004) and Djokovic (Wimbledon 2019).

It’s a fifth Grand Slam title and a second at the French major for Alcaraz.

He now owns two Roland-Garros trophies, two Wimbledon titles and one US Open at the age of 22. Alcaraz is the third youngest man in history to win five singles majors after Bjorn Borg (21) and Nadal (22).

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