Jannik Sinner Reveals How Roland Garros Defeat to Carlos Alcaraz Gives Him Positives

Jannik Sinner lost to Carlos Alcaraz for the eighth time in his career when they met in the 2025 French Open final.

Jannik Sinner Reveals How Roland Garros Defeat to Carlos Alcaraz Gives Him Positives

Jannik SInner and Carlos Alcaraz (Image via TennisTV)

Jannik Sinner has moved on from the French Open heartbreak. He at present is only focusing on Wimbledon, where he is yet to progress to the final.

On the clay swing, Sinner made his return from the doping ban and was expected to struggle a bit. But to everyone’s surprise, he ended up reaching the finals of both the Italian Open and the French Open, losing both to Carlos Alcaraz.

While the Rome final ended in straight sets, at Roland Garros, Alcaraz had to toil for five hours and 29 minutes to eke out the victory in five sets, which included three tie-breakers. The Spaniard also saved three championship points in the process.

It’s one of the matches, which for sure will be etched in the minds of the tennis community for a long time, for it was also the longest French Open final in the history of tennis. Sinner too knows this and despite the heartbreaking defeat, he has found the positives of being a part of an epic thriller like this. He is also positive about his improvement on his least favorite surface.

It was a tough loss for me, tough days coming up but in other way, then I understood that is a huge honor to be part of this match, and people obviously, are gonna remember who won and who lost…another way they remembered the match you know? Me being part of this match is amazing and it still gives me positives.

Jannik Sinner said (via Wimbledon)

Alcaraz took an 8-4 head-to-head lead over the three-time Grand Slam champion. It was also his fifth consecutive win over Sinner.

Sinner has won just one title this season. Back in January, he breezed past World No.3 Alexander Zverev to defend his Australian Open title, following which he served his three-month doping ban.

The French Open was Alcaraz’s fourth title of the season. He continued his winning ways by lifting his fourth grass-court title at the Queen’s Club Championships by beating Jiri Lehecka. At Wimbledon, he will be aiming to complete the Channel Slam for two consecutive seasons, as well as win his third title in the grass-court Major on the trot.

Jannik Sinner reveals if it’s difficult for him to focus on Wimbledon after his French Open defeat

After the clay swing, Jannik Sinner arrived in Halle to start his campaign on the grass swing. But he failed to defend his title, losing in the second round to eventual winner Alexander Bublik. Sinner, for the first time since the Canadian Open last August, failed to reach a final.

Jannik Sinner (X/The Tennis Letter)
Jannik Sinner (X/The Tennis Letter)

It was also the first time since the 2023 Shanghai Masters that he didn’t reach a quarterfinal of a tournament. In the pre-tournament press conference at Wimbledon, Sinner was asked if it’s difficult for him to get into the tournament at SW19 as well.

Honestly, I feel ready to play. I feel ready…here we are practicing very well. What happened in the past is in the past already. So I feel good especially mentally, I feel in a good spot. Halle was a little bit different because before I hadn’t had so much time to cut that off.

Sinner will kick-start his Wimbledon campaign against compatriot Luca Nardi, whom he has never faced in his career. If the South Tyrol native reaches the final, he can once again set up a blockbuster clash with Carlos Alcaraz.

At Wimbledon, Sinner was the semifinalist in 2023, losing the match to Novak Djokovic, who then lost a five-set thriller to Alcaraz. Last year, the 23-year-old was defeated in the quarterfinal by 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev.

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