Alcaraz created history at the French Open, equaled Nadal's record by defeating Sinner in the final

Carlos Alcaraz matched Rafael Nadal's Grand Slam wins record with a win over Jannik Sinner in an exhilarating French Open finale. Alcaraz beat Sinner in a high-stakes match on Sunday to claim his fifth Grand Slam and matched Nadal's record at 22 days, 1 month, and 3 days. Nadal claimed his fifth Grand Slam at the same age when he defeated Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2008.

Speaking about winning five major titles at the same stage of Nadal's career, Alcaraz said, "Winning my fifth Grand Slam at the same age as Rafa Nadal, I would say it is my luck. This is a stat that I will always keep with me. To win my fifth Grand Slam with Rafa being my idol, my inspiration, is a great honour."

Alcaraz was trailing by two sets in the final. He then made a brilliant comeback and won 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2). The match lasted 5 hours and 29 minutes. The Spaniard credited the audience present at Roland Garros for his victory that day. He said that without them, it would have been impossible to make a comeback. At the start of the third set, everything was going in his favour. I had to remove those thoughts from my mind and fight.

Talking about the turning point in the match for him, Alcaraz said it was when he was 6-5 down in the fifth set, and at that point everything was going in Sinner's favour, and yet he took the match to the super tie-breaker. The match points were not good points. I saved match points, that's great, but the points were not good.

At 6-5 in the fifth, at 15-30 or 30-all, advantage for me, 40-all. Those points I remember very well, and honestly, I don't know how I did it. I mean, it was balls on the line and cutting the line. He dominated that game. Honestly, I still don't know how I saved that game. Alcaraz will now turn his focus to defending his title at Wimbledon.