“We had to fight,” Carlos Alcaraz pips Jannik Sinner in an epic five setter to seal a place in Roland Garros Finals

Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player to make it to the finals on all three surfaces.

“We had to fight,” Carlos Alcaraz pips Jannik Sinner in an epic five setter to seal a place in Roland Garros Finals

Carlos Alcaraz (Via Imago)

Magnificent scenes at the French Open as two talented ATP stars Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner battled it out for a spot in the finals. After having a great year so far, both the players entered the tournament recovering from their injuries and dominated all their matches up to the semi-finals.

Sinner got off to a great start by challenging the Spaniard in the first set. The match seemed like it was going Sinner’s way but Alcaraz was not the one to be counted out. He immediately stamped his authority in the match and won the second set.

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The fifth set was the turning point. Until the last set, there was no fixed winner, but when it came to the last set, Alcaraz got off to a flying start and zoomed away with three straight games. Inching closer to marking his spot in the finals, their four-hour play came to an end as Alcaraz bounced back to win the match 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

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I saw him struggling a little bit. I was cramping… Jannik as well in the 3rd set. We had to fight. I learned from last years match against Djokovic I was in the same position like today.
said Carlos Alcaraz after his win against Jannik Sinner

As the games got tighter, so did their forehands. Both the players had launched some fiery shots to try to stay in the game. Even though Alcaraz had more winners in his name, Sinner also brought out everything he had in the match but unfortunately could not capitalize on the lead and failed to seal the match.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner both overcame cramps to fight throughout the match

Another great match at the French Open as Carlos Alcaraz beat his rival Jannik Sinner in five sets. It was a cracker of a match between the two, where the two emerging stars had to deal with their share of struggles in the match.

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Jannik Sinner (Via Imago)

At the very start, Alcaraz struggled with his movement, resulting in an early first-set loss. However, as the game improved, so did his cramps, but the reverse happened with Sinner. Just as the Italian was getting the better of his rival, he faced nasty cramps on his dominant hand, which greatly affected his shots.

Luckily, the cramps went away, but the match was already in an important part and Alcaraz finished really strong and looked extremely on form in the last set. Even though Sinner looked good for the major part of the match, it was Alcaraz who got through to his first-ever Roland Garros finals.

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