Carlos Alcaraz, at the age of 22, became the 5th youngest player in the Open era to reach 5 Grand Slam men's singles finals at the age of 22 years and 20 days. "Little Nadal" is only behind legends such as Mats Wilander, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal and Boris Becker. Along with that, Alcaraz is also the 4th youngest player in history to reach the Grand Slam men's singles final for 4 consecutive years. Accordingly, he has reached the milestone of 70 wins at Grand Slam tournaments after only 82 matches, an achievement that makes the whole world admire. In the history of direct confrontation, Alcaraz is leading Sinner 8-4 and has won all 4 recent meetings, including the final of the Rome Masters 2025. That was repeated in the final of Roland Garros 2025, proving that "Little Nadal" is Sinner's number 1 nemesis on the path to glory.
On the other side of the front line, Jannik Sinner is no less excellent when he became the youngest player since Pete Sampras in 1994 to reach at least 3 consecutive Grand Slam men's singles finals (23 years and 282 days). He is the second Italian in history since the Open Era to reach the Roland Garros final, after the legendary Adriano Panatta in 1976. Sinner's form is at its peak when he is the first player since Novak Djokovic in 2015 to reach 8 consecutive ATP finals, and the youngest to do so since Ivan Lendl in 1982. Sinner is currently on a 20-match winning streak at Grand Slam tournaments, showing his consistent form and strong mentality on the biggest stages. On the way to the final, Sinner repeated the feat of not losing any set for the third time after ATP Final 2024, Rome Master 2025. However, against his "nemesis" Alcaraz, the world's No. 1 tennis player once again had to sadly end the tournament as the... runner-up.
On the night of June 8, Philippe Chatrier Center Court hosted the most anticipated Roland Garros 2025 final in many years, Carlos Alcaraz faced Jannik Sinner. The competition between the two best young tennis players in the world was extremely dramatic and attractive. The two top stars of world tennis continuously took the audience through many different emotions.
The first game saw Sinner being more confident when he had 2 break points in set 1, while "little Nadal" only had 1 break. This helped Sinner win set 1 with a score of 6-4. In the second set, the victory continued to go to Sinner after the world number 1 player excelled in the tie-break series. The score was 2-0 in favor of Sinner.
It seemed that the destructive form from the beginning of the tournament would help Sinner quickly close the match like the way he defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals. However, an unimaginable scenario took place in the remaining time of the match. In the third set, despite a bad start, "Little Nadal" calmly resolved the situation and won 6-4. In the fourth set, both sides played cautiously and again went into a tie-break. Here, "Little Nadal" was the better player and won the final match. In the deciding set, the scenario of set 4 was repeated and the victory went to "Little Nadal" with the overwhelming tie-break against Sinner.
After coming from 2-0 down, Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Roland Garros title. This victory of Carlos Alcaraz is like an affirmation: “King Rafa” has a worthy heir. Along with winning the Roland Garros championship for 2 consecutive seasons, “Little Nadal” completely deserves to be honored as the “new king” on clay courts.
Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/hoang-de-san-dat-nen-130868.html
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