The dream of seeing Jannik Sinner in the final at Roland Garros in Paris comes from the Philippe Chatrier court: there, the Italian tennis player is facing the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a friend and lifelong rival. Roland Garros is live on Eurosport (channels 210 and 211 on the Sky remote control and streaming on NOW).
The story of the match
Sinner won the first set 6-2, in 39 minutes of play. The Italian tennis player managed to break serve three times against the Spaniard, who appeared nervous especially in the early stages. Alcaraz then won the second set, in 49 minutes, with a score of 6-3: the Spaniard took advantage of the physical decline of Sinner, who had started the set well and was ahead with the break at the start, but then succumbed to challenger who has won 5 consecutive games.
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Jannik’s journey in the French Slam, up to this point, has already been sensational: he arrived in Paris with many doubts, linked to the hip injury that forced him to miss his home tournament, the Rome Internationals, the South Tyrolean right from the first rounds he brought home solid performances. Then came the day that made the history of Italian tennis: on June 4, while he was on the court in the match against Dimitrov in the quarter-finals, Sinner became n.1 in the ATP ranking. Never had an Italian succeeded. The official announcement came with Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal from the tournament, number 1 for 428 weeks. Perhaps not the path the 22-year-old from South Tyrol had imagined, who thus took the top place in the ranking. “It’s everyone’s dream to become No. 1 in the world, but at the same time it’s sad to see Novak like this: I wish him a speedy recovery”, were the first words of Jannik, moved, amidst the applause of the audience, at the end of the match, when he discovered that he had reached the summit. “It’s a special moment for me, I’m very happy to share it with you and with those who are following me from home in Italy.”
The precedents between Sinner and Alcaraz
Today is the 10th act of the “saga” between Sinner and Alcaraz, a rivalry destined to mark tennis in the coming years. The score is 5-4 for the Spaniard, but Jannik won the only previous match on clay in the major circuit. In 2019, at the Challenger in Alicante, Alcaraz won, just as the Spaniard also won the challenges of 2021 (Masters 1000 in Paris), 2022 (US Open), 2023 (Indian Wells) and 2024 (also in Indian Wells). Instead, Jannik won the victories in 2022 (Wimbledon and Umag) and 2023 (Miami and Beijing).
