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Carlos Alcaraz saved three championship points before retaining the French Open title by defeating world No 1 Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (10-2) in one of the greatest-ever Grand Slam finals.
The Spaniard showed incredible reserves of energy and willpower to win a five-hour 29-minute marathon and deny Italian Sinner a third consecutive Grand Slam title.
Instead Alcaraz claimed his fifth major crown at exactly the same age as his idol Rafael Nadal did, aged 22 years, one month and three days old.
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It was his fifth victory from his fifth final, which was the first at one of the majors to be fought out between two players born this century.
It was also the first Grand Slam final meeting of the two young superstars of men's tennis, the best players on the planet, who have now shared the last six major titles.
And it is one that will go down as a cast-iron Roland-Garros classic, a final for the ages, a high-quality, heavy-hitting marathon which the man from Murcia won.
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