Five and a half hours of undulating tension and elite-level competition, given deeper meaning by how its length raised the significance of the match’s decisive moments.

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.

Carlos Alcaraz fought back from the brink to outlast top seed Jannik Sinner 4-6 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (3) 7-6 (10-2) in a French Open final for the ages on Sunday to retain his crown and cement his status a...