Spain's Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros with a five-set victory in Sunday's final against Germany's Alexander Zverev, 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 , reports the international press, according to Agerpres.
Carlos Alcaraz won the Roland Garos tournament
The marathon match lasted more than four hours, between two very tired players, and ended with the success of Carlos Alcaraz, world number 3, ranked one position higher than his opponent. Alcaraz managed to come back from the weak moments in the third set, awarded by Zverev, although the Spaniard had led 5-2.
Zverev, 27, was playing in his second career Grand Slam final, following his 2020 US Open loss to Dominic Thiem. The German won the gold medal almost three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics.
Carlos Alcaraz, who is 21 years old, had won the two Grand Slam finals played so far, at the US Open in 2022 and at Wimbledon in 2023. Thus, he has three Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces.
The Spaniard eliminated the future world leader, the Italian Jannik Sinner, in the first semifinal (2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3).
It is the first time that men's tennis has a new champion at Roland Garros since the victory of the Swiss Stan Wawrinka in 2015. Moreover, a first is also the fact that for the first time in 20 years, a final at Roland Garros was played without any of the members Big 3, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, even if the last two were present on the board.
