Drama in Paris and a final for all time: Carlos Alcaraz defends title at Roland Garros

The first mutual final at a Grand Slam and history was immediately written - Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz tonight, after a major turnaround and five sets, defeated Janik Siner 3:2 (4:6, 6:7, 6:4, 7:6, 7:6) and won Roland Garros.

The Spaniard defended the title he won last year and reached his fifth Grand Slam trophy - he has two trophies each at Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and one at the US Open. Alcaraz has never lost a Grand Slam final.

And Janik Siner missed a big opportunity today. The Italian was 2:0 up in sets, then leading 5:3 in the fourth and had three match points when Alcaraz served. He didn't use any of them, and in the next game he allowed his rival to break, which Alcaraz accepted and from then on turned the tide on the court.

Siner returned to the court in May after a doping suspension, and then at the Masters in Rome, in the final, he lost to Alcaraz. This was followed by his arrival at Roland Garros, where the Italian played very well. He did not lose a set until the final, and was on his way to winning the title today, but he missed a big opportunity at the end of the fourth set.

At the beginning of the match, both players missed a chance to break, which Alcaraz achieved first in the fifth game (3:2). Siner responded in the next game (3:3), and achieved another break in the tenth game, when he also used the first set point.

Siner opened the second set with a break, took a 3:0 lead, slowly moving towards winning that set, and then Alcaraz's response came. The Spaniard returned the break in the ninth game and took the set to a tie-break in which Siner was better and easily reached 2:0.

Carlos Alcaraz's response was expected, the audience did not want the final to end quickly, and their wishes were fulfilled. At the start of the third set, both players broke each other (1:1), and then in the fourth game the Spaniard once again took away his rival's serve and led 3:1.

It was expected that Alcaras would bring the set to a calmer end, but Siner brought a dose of drama and in the ninth game he regained the break and reduced the lead to 5:4. However, in the next game Alcaras again reached the break, and also the set.

In the fourth set - drama! Siner had a break advantage, leading 5:3, and Alcaraz served. And then the Italian had three match points, three chances to decide everything. He did not use any of the three chances. The Spaniard defended himself, reduced it to 5:4, and then used the moment and in the next game returned the break and tied - 5:5.

From that moment on, everything was on Carlos Alcaraz's side. He tied the sets, and in the fifth he immediately took a 2-0 lead. But the drama didn't end there - Alcaraz served for the title in the tenth game, Siner had two break points and used the first one - 5-5.

Then the fifth set went to a super tie-break in which Alcaraz was convincing for a new title in the French capital.