The French Open end with a spectacular final summit, the two best players in the world are fighting for the crown in the clay court tennis. The world’s most world ranking Jannik Sinner ended in three narrow sets in the semi-finals of Roland Garros Novak Djokovic’s dream of the 25th Grand Slam triumph and meets defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the big final on Sunday, whose opponent Lorenzo Musetti gave up in the fourth sentence.
The Italian Sinner remains in the tournament without loss of sets, but had to do hard work against the great fighting Serbs. Sinner prevailed on the Court Philippe Chatrier 6: 4, 7: 5, 7: 6 (7: 3) against Grand Slam record winner Djokovic, who defeated Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.
“I had to give everything today, play my best tennis. This has shown here again today what Novak is for an incredible role model. He is the best player in the story,” said Sinner.
Alcaraz (Spain) had previously had to fight for two sentences against Sinner’s compatriot Musetti on Friday, but at 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 0, 2: 0, but then Musteti ended prematurely.
On Sunday (3 p.m./Eurosport) Sinner and Alcaraz will meet for the first time in a Grand Slam final. Sinner is given the opportunity for the revenge for the five-set defeat in the semi-finals 2024. In Paris, he has never been in the final before.
In the duel of the generations, the 38 -year -old Djokovic took the pace of the 14 -year -old Sinner over the entire distance. Djokovic, who celebrated his professional debut when the South Tyrolean was two years old, tried to stop as if against Zverev, but this time it didn’t work as desired.
After a lost premium to 2: 3, the first set was soon gone because Sinner allowed little with his own service. Djokovic tried everything, at the beginning of the second round he tore the fans from the seats with great actions.
Djokovic awards three set balls
The three-time Paris champion had its chances in the second and third set, even though he had hips and thighs treated. In the third set, Djokovic had three set balls. But Sinner remained freezing cold in the crucial situations and celebrated his fourth victory in a row against Djokovic.
Alcaraz’s “Ko-Sieg” was perfect after 2:26 hours. “It’s not nice to win like this. Hopefully Lorenzo will recover quickly,” said Alcaraz. Musetti then spoke of a precaution.
For two sentences, both fought a duel at the highest level that enthused the 15,000 spectators – including Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman (87). Alcaraz avoided the 0-2 set deficit with a lot of effort, after which Musetti had nothing more to do.