Adriano Panatta lifted the Roland Garros trophy in 1976. Almost 50 years later, Jannik Sinner could have joined him on the special list of Italian victors in Paris. World no. 1 battled against Carlos Alcaraz and suffered a brutal 4-6,

The takeaways from Carlos Alcaraz's fifth-set tiebreaker victory over Jannik Sinner in the riveting and record-breaking French Open men's final were multiple and significant. Alcaraz and Sinner produced 5 1/2 hours of evidence Sunday that the game is in good hands — and that their rivalry will be,

Alcaraz produced his first comeback from two-sets-to-love down to win his second Roland Garros title against his nearest rival.