If you tuned in to watch the men’s singles final of the French Open between top-ranked Jannik Sinner and the No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz, you were witnessing history at Roland Garros.
Heading into Sunday’s final, the longest French Open men’s singles final by time in the Open era took place back in 1982 as Mats Wilander won in four sets against Guillermo Vilas in 4 hours and 47 minutes.
Yet, Sunday’s final had that time beat well before the match even went into a tiebreak. When Sinner let a 2-0 set lead slip away, it set up an epic marathon match as Alcaraz came storming back.
Even before the tiebreak, the match had already approached 5.5 hours. Alcaraz would go on to win at a final time of 5 hours, 29 minutes.
Just amazing.