2025 French Open Men's Final: Yannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz

[Front242]

I'd like to see Draper do well alright but his fitness is a bit suss unless he keeps winning his matches easily.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

No, I meant he has 5 slams to Sinner's 2 and soon to be 6-2 I reckon. Can't see anyone beating Alcaraz at Wimbledon. Sinner just took a huge mental beating and Alcaraz got a massive confidence boost coming back from the brink of death saving those 3 match points.

5-0 in finals is unreal alright but not the stat I was pointing out. If it pans out he wins Wimbledon, I stand by what I said with leagues ahead and that Alcaraz will end up with way more slams barring injury.

Sinner has 3. Don't forget about the Medvedev choke at the 2024 AO. (I know it doesn't fit the narrative that Sinner can't win 5-set matches, but believe me, he came back from a 2-set deficit to win his first slam title.)

I like Djokovic's chances at Wimbledon. He's been there and done that. Plus, he comes into healthy and playing his best tennis of the season. You couldn't say that last year, when he was injured at the French Open, and despite that, still made the final.

 

[Moxie]

I like Djokovic's chances at Wimbledon. He's been there and done that. Plus, he comes into healthy and playing his best tennis of the season. You couldn't say that last year, when he was injured at the French Open, and despite that, still made the final.

Really? You keep campaigning for the notion that Novak is still in the game. He's not interested in making SFs and Fs, if he's not winning the big prize. You think he can get past Carlos or Jannick, or both, at Wimbledon, this year, or do you think he gets lucky, and someone takes them both out early?

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Really? You keep campaigning for the notion that Novak is still in the game. He's not interested in making SFs and Fs, if he's not winning the big prize. You think he can get past Carlos or Jannick, or both, at Wimbledon, this year, or do you think he gets lucky, and someone takes them both out early?

I cannot sleep still wound up,
BTW I think Phil is on Novak's pay roll lol!

 

[Jelenafan]

Jannik did a lot better in the 5th set then I expected, which was more like an easy 6-3. Again, the margins are really thin on clay, thinner than on hards. Wimbledon will be grand.

It doesn’t matter IMO how closely someone lost.

Either Sinner (age 23) or Alcaraz (22) could continue to improve or regress, so you can’t project going forward that Sinner will get the better of Alcaraz next time because he was that close this time.

The bigger issue is Alcaraz winning his 3rd 5 set match in a Major versus Sinner gives him the mental edge in future battles, especially because he’s now won 5 in a now in their head2head.

The thing with Alcaraz is he’s no slouch on hard courts, if he can manage his schedule AND not get upset in an early round I like his chances versus Sinner on any surface. He’s actually beaten Sinner in their last 2 HC meetings.

 

[Jelenafan]

I agree with ElDude regarding choking:

Sinner tonight:

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

I agree with ElDude regarding choking:

Sinner tonight:

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I am not surprised with your comment carry on!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

At the end of the day I feel Tennis Won, it was a match between the 2 top players and a battle royale between Carlos and Jannik, in ways it was a pity someone had to lose, in the end Carlos proved too strong mentally and physically, all praise to him winning the hardest GS to win clay

 

[Jelenafan]

The thing about Alcaraz is that he seems to be still improving on red clay and just turned 22, so it’s crazy to think he has already defended two different slams ( 23, 24 W, 24,25 FO) at such a young age.

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Really? You keep campaigning for the notion that Novak is still in the game. He's not interested in making SFs and Fs, if he's not winning the big prize. You think he can get past Carlos or Jannick, or both, at Wimbledon, this year, or do you think he gets lucky, and someone takes them both out early?

I'm not counting out the guy that's been to the last 6 Wimbledon finals, winning 4 of them. I still trust Novak more than Jannik at Wimbledon. I know that Novak has been there and done that many times over, whereas Jannik has never had to face the pressure of Wimbledon. It's very possible that Jannik is upset early. But even if it doesn't happen, this is the one environment where I'm taking Novak over Jannik. You saw how Jannik struggled with the pressure today closing out the match. If he can't handle that pressure, I can't see him handling the pressure at Wimbledon, an environment Jannik has never really faced before.

Carlos is the only player I have favored over Novak at Wimbledon. Carlos proved last year that he can follow-up a French Open run with another one at Wimbledon. Jannik has not proven that yet.

But even then, Carlos isn't immune to an upset at Wimbledon. If someone takes Carlos out early, Novak becomes the favorite.