With an opening game lasting 12 minutes, it felt inevitable that the final between the two best players in the world would be a marathon. In the end, Alcaraz and Sinner put everything on the line for five hours and 29 minutes – the longest French Open final in history. Just as the fifth set...
Sabalenka and Gauff overcame two very different challenges in their respective semi-finals. Underlining her position as title favourite, Sabalenka ended four-time champion Iga Swiatek’s 26-match run with an impressive three-set victory. Gauff, meanwhile, was up against a partisan crowd but efficiently ended French wildcard Lois Boisson’s fairytale run in straight sets. Sabalenka continues to show...