June 9, 2025
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Jannik Sinner explains why his father had to skip French Open 2025 final vs Carlos Alcaraz

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Jannik Sinner revealed that his father was at work and had to miss the French Open final on Sunday, June 8. Sinner’s father, Johann, works as a chef at a restaurant in a ski lodge in the Dolomites and had to miss the 5-hour and 29-minute classic between Sinner and Alcaraz, with the Spaniard winning the title with a stunning comeback. Speaking at the press conference, the Italian said that his family and close friends would help him heal from the loss and claimed they would be happy to have him back home. Sinner said that success doesn’t change anything in his family and they’re simple people. Also Read: Alcaraz vs Sinner: A Roland Garros epic promising a golden post-Big Three era Sinner said that his dad may have watched the game on TV if he had finished his work. “Yeah, I mean, my family, the people who know me, now they are helping me.” “It’s (about) giving at times, and sometimes you take something. And now it’s my time to take something from the close people I have. They would for sure be happy that I come back home (and be) with my family, with everyone. We are just a very simple family. My dad was not here because he was working today. Nothing of our success changes in the family.” “It was nice to see my mom here. And I guess my dad, he was watching on TV—if he finished work. It’s okay,” said Sinner. ‘Cannot keep crying’ Sinner was two sets up and had three championship points in the third set before letting the advantage slip against Alcaraz in the French Open final. The Italian said that before his career started, he never thought he would find himself in a spot where he was playing the longest French Open final in history. The Italian said that while the result hurts, he cannot keep on crying about it and will have to move on. “As I always said before my career started, I never would have thought to find myself in this position. (It) was not even a dream, because it was so far and I was not thinking about this. Now I find myself here, playing the longest match in history of Roland Garros in a final. It hurts, yes, but in other way you cannot keep going crying… So, it happens,” said Sinner. The World No.1 will now shift his focus towards Wimbledon. Published On: Jun 9, 2025

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Carlos Alcaraz calls it destiny after achieving Rafael Nadal feat with French Open win

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Carlos Alcaraz called it destiny as he went level with Rafael Nadal’s tally of grand slam wins by beating Jannik Sinner in a thrilling French Open final on Sunday, June 8. Alcaraz won his fifth grand slam on Sunday after coming back to beat Sinner in a titanic battle and equalled the tally of his idol Nadal at the age of 22 days, 1 month and 3 days. Nadal beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2008 to win his fifth grand slam at the same age. Speaking after the win, Alcaraz said, as quoted by Reuters, that it was a stat he would keep with him forever. The young Spaniard hailed his legendary compatriot as his idol and inspiration before saying it is a huge honour for him to share a record with the record-time French Open winner. “The coincidence of winning my fifth Grand Slam at the same age as Rafa Nadal, I’m going to say that’s destiny,” Alcaraz said of equalling Nadal’s tally of five major titles at the same stage of their careers. “It is a stat that I’m going to keep for me forever, winning the fifth Grand Slam at the same time as Rafa, my idol, my inspiration. It’s a huge honour.” Alcaraz was two sets down in the final and conceded three championship points to Sinner in the third set before making a stunning comeback to win the final 4–6, 6–7 (4), 6-4, 7–6 (3), 7–6 (10-2) in a match that went on for 5 hours and 29 minutes. The Spaniard credited the crowd at Roland Garros for his win on the day. “Without them, it would have been impossible to come back,” he said. “At the start of the third set, everything was going his way. I had to delete those thoughts from my mind and fight.” ‘I don’t know how I saved that game’ Speaking about the turning point in the match for him, Alcaraz said that it was when he was 6-5 in the fifth set with everything going Sinner’s way at that time and still force the match into a super tie-breaker. The match points were not great points. I saved match points, it’s great but the points were not good,” said Alcaraz. “At 6-5 in the fifth at 15-30 or 30-all, advantage for me, 40-all. Those points I remember pretty clear, and honestly I still don’t know how I did it. “I mean, it was balls on the line, slicing the line. He was dominating that game. Honestly I still don’t know how I saved that game.” Alcaraz will now turn his attention to defending his crown at Wimbledon. Published On: Jun 9, 2025

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