Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Coco Gauff have reacted to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s epic championship match at the 2025\u00a0French Open.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> prevailed 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) after five hours and 29 minutes in the longest French Open final in history.<\/p>\n The Spanish superstar saved three championship points at 3-5, 0-40 in the fourth set and also survived when Sinner served for the title in the following game.<\/p>\n The world No 2 now holds a remarkable 5-0 record in Grand Slam finals after securing his second successive crown at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n In a post on Instagram after his incredible triumph, Alcaraz wrote: \u201cHow was your Sunday?\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner<\/a> wrote: \u201cAu revoir, Paris\u00a0Congrats to @carlitosalcarazz and the team. I gave all I had, didn\u2019t pay off this time. Until next year.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz\u2019s idol Rafael Nadal \u2014 a winner of a record 14 French Open titles \u2014 paid tribute to both Alcaraz and Sinner on Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat a great Roland Garros final! Enhorabuena (congratulations) @carlitosalcarazz! Congrats also\u00a0@janniksin for the great battle,\u201d wrote the 22-time major champion.<\/p>\n Will Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner win 20 Grand Slams? John McEnroe makes prediction<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n French Open ATP Winners & Losers: Alcaraz\u2019s joy, Sinner\u2019s heartbreak\u2026and a Djokovic farewell?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Roger Federer completed the Career Grand Slam by securing his only French Open title in 2009.<\/p>\n The Swiss icon, who both Alcaraz and Sinner have cited as a major inspiration, said: \u201cThree winners in Paris today: @carlitosalcarazz @janniksin and the beautiful game of tennis. What a match!\u201d<\/p>\n Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the women\u2019s singles final at Roland Garros to claim her maiden title at the event and second Grand Slam overall.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old American hailed Alcaraz and referenced last year\u2019s China Open \u2014 where both she and the Spaniard won the titles.<\/p>\n Gauff wrote on X: \u201cWe had to run Beijing back for the one time! Congratulations\u00a0@carlitosalcarazz on an incredible win! You are amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n Italian ATP star Lorenzo Musetti, who was forced to retire in the fourth set of his French Open semi-final with Alcaraz, gave his reaction on Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cTrue CHAMPIONS of out sport,\u201d Musetti wrote.<\/p>\n Robin Soderling, a former world No 4 and French Open runner-up in 2009 and 2010, said:\u00a0\u201cWhen you thought tennis had reached its highest potential with the Big Three. These guys (Alcaraz and Sinner) just took it to the next level.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pace and intensity was just unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Prize money & points won by Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, Zverev at the 2025 French Open<\/a> The post Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer & Coco Gauff react to Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner French Open epic<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Coco Gauff have reacted to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s epic championship match at the 2025\u00a0French Open. Alcaraz prevailed 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-6(2) after five hours and 29 minutes in the longest French Open final in history. The Spanish superstar saved three championship points at 3-5, 0-40 in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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