Roland Garros Day 15 - Was Alcaraz-Sinner the best Grand Slam final ever?

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David Law

Tennis, Wimbledon, Sports, Sports & Recreation

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Catherine, David and Matt react to Carlos Alcaraz saving three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 7-6 in one of the best matches of all time to win his second Roland Garros title.

Part one - We go through all the key moments of the match, including Sinner’s fast start, the way Alcaraz turned it around, how Sinner overcame concerns about his physicality to come on strong again in the fifth set, the spellbinding closing stages as both players produced their best, and an otherworldly deciding set tiebreak from Alcaraz.

Part two (27m52s) We try to take a look at the big picture and think about what this victory for Alcaraz, and defeat for Sinner, mean for the sport.

Part three (52m08s) - Doubles results, a big announcement, and our thank yous and goodbyes from Paris in 2025.

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
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0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
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0:21.3	Should kick in Justin Sanfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use.
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0:26.3	Costa Express.
0:27.8	Quality coffee every time.
0:32.1	Hi, this is Billy Jean King.
0:34.2	This is Marion Bartoli.
0:35.5	This is Bianca Andrescu.
0:36.9	I'm Matt Vylander. This is Mary Carrillo. This is Pam Schreiber. This is Marion Bartoli. This is Bianca Andrescu. I'm Matt Villander.
0:38.1	This is Mary Carrillo.
0:39.2	This is Pam Schreiber.
0:40.2	This is Janik Noah and you're listening to the tennis podcast.
1:06.0	Hello and welcome to Roland Garros and the final daily edition of the tennis podcast from this, the second Grand Slam of 2025 in glorious Paris.
1:14.4	I'm Catherine Whittaker alongside me are Matt Roberts and David Law, whose privilege and burden it is going to be to try and summarize and analyze what we saw in the men's singles final today. At five hours and
1:24.1	29 minutes, the longest ever final here at Roland Garros and the second longest
1:30.5	in all of Grand Slam history. One from two sets to love down by Carlos Alcaraz, 46667, 64, 766,
	...

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