In an epic display of resilience and virtuosity, Carlos Alcaraz surmounted a two-set deficit, staving off three match points against the imperious Jannik Sinner, to seize the Coupe des Mousquetaires, thereby annexing his fifth Grand Slam title in as many finals and cementing his nascent legacy with a second consecutive triumph at Roland Garros; this Herculean feat also inscribes Alcaraz’s name into the annals as only the ninth player in the Open Era to achieve such a Lazarus-like resurrection in a Grand Slam final, with this watershed victory conferring upon the prodigious 22-year-old his twentieth career title in a contest of gladiatorial proportions that stretched to an unprecedented 5 hours and 29 minutes, eclipsing all prior Open Era French Open finals in duration; notwithstanding the sting of defeat, Sinner evinced exemplary fair play, exemplified most notably by his magnanimous concession of a point to Alcaraz during the crucible of the eleventh game, all unfolding before a star-studded gallery comprising luminaries such as Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Spike Lee, Pharrell Williams, George Russell, and Antoine Dupont, each a testament to the match’s epochal significance.