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The dawn of a new era in male tennis has finally arrived and in a style.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner dominated sport for two years, but, like a pair of heavyweight boxers left, they had never met in a final of the Grand Slam.
Roland-Garros prepared the field and the best players on the planet delivered a classic cold stone, with Alcaraz saved three championship points before winning the longest final in the history of the French Open, an epic of five and five hours of 29 minutes.
It was the first major final between two men born during this century and on this proof, there will be many more.
“It is not overestimated things to say that it was one of the greatest finals of the Grand Slam of all time,” said Sky Sports’ Jonathan Overend. “Always so difficult to judge, compare and contrast and align them all together, but in the open era of the Slam finals, we were witnesses who are in a very small collection of big matches of all time.
“You’d have to put the Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic Australian Open Final in 2012 in there Becuse It was Almost Six Hours and Andy Murray Against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon in 2013 for the Historical Element But for Me, the Previous Best Was the Wimbledon Final of 2008 when Nadal Beat (Roger) Federer 9-7 in the Final Set and That’s The One Which is Always in My Mind As Being Above the Rest That is the best match I have ever seen.
“Now he’s competition from Sinner and Alcaraz to Roland-Garros in 2025. For so many reasons, but the one I emphasize is only the quality of the game so late in the match and that is what distinguished the Nadal-Federer ‘final ’08.
“They would deliver these incredible exchanges in nearby darkness. He had gone at 9 pm on the central field of Wimbledon that year and I did not think that I would see tennis playing so late in such an important match.
“On Sunday, we did! It was a level that corresponded to ’08, and I dare say it, he improved ’08.
“Just elite tennis, take it to new heights and the equality break in the fifth Set Alcaraz was close to perfection. It was an incredible match between two guys who are still so young. It scares you in terms of potential.
“It just makes you think where they can go from here. If we conclude that this match was as good as Nadal against Federer at their peak, where can Sinner and Alcaraz take this rivalry?
“The fact that they have shared the last six slams between them and they had this perfect record in the Grand Slam final before Sunday, I can see that it happens again and again, and again for the next decade. They are at such a level where they will have to increase their game even further.
“They will push themselves more and more before Nadal, Djokovic and Federer must do each other.
“The sinner and Alcaraz will have to dominate when their biggest rival (Djokovic) is a great player of all time. These two are already in this conversation. Just in terms of level of excitement for this rivalry, because they have culminated so early in their career, the only way is on the move from here and it is so exciting for the future of the ten.”
Robson: It was theater
Former British British n ° 1 Laura Robson has become absorbed by the “theater” of the final despite the fact that the day fulfills the work commitments in its role as director of the new WTA 500 female event at the Queen’s Club.
Talk to Sky SportsShe said: “I checked the scoring throughout the day and I thought” that’s why there is nothing better than live sport because it’s so unpredictable “. You can’t improve – it was theater!
“The final is impossible to compare in the same way as you try not to compare different era of sport, because the style of play has evolved and that the equipment is different. Why would I like to compare a vintage Federer-Nadal final because they are all very good.
“When I watched this fifth set, I thought of the final of Djokovic-Nadal in Australia when they were so exhausted that they had to get chairs so that they could sit because they could no longer get up and it was the atmosphere that it gave me.
“We are lucky as a sport that after the” three big “, we now have these two that push new heights in sport.”
The Alcaraz coach, the former n ° 1 of the world, Juan Carlos Ferrero, spoke of the rivalry after the final, saying: “For sport, it is something incredible to have these players, this kind of rivalry they have.
“Having these two guys who fight for large trophies, I think we have to be very happy on this subject in the sport of tennis. They know that they must play incredible tennis to beat the other guy.”
Henman: one of the biggest games I have ever seen
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz discuss their rivalry, their differences and the way they push themselves to become better players
Tim Henman also assessed the match as the largest, with former British n ° 1 TNT SPORTS: “When you have the first two on the head, he does not always respect media threshing, but it is one of the best, one of the biggest games I have ever seen.
“And having it in a big home final is something special. Taken up for Jannik Sinner. He played an incredible tennis and became so close.”
The legend John McENROE said that Alcaraz and the sin TNT SPORTS: “You would make a serious argument with the two guys they would be favored to beat Nadal, to his best.
“Do I think they will reach 20, 24 (titles), one of them? No, because this tray is so difficult.
“But these two guys right now, it’s like when you look at the NBA and you say that no one could be better than Michael Jordan. The level of tennis right now is higher than I have never seen.”
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