In a pyrrhic yet ultimately triumphant display of tenacity, Carlos Alcaraz surmounted a seemingly insurmountable deficit of two sets, further extricating himself from the jaws of defeat by parrying three match points, thereby eclipsing the top-ranked Jannik Sinner in a Roland Garros final that not only cemented Alcaraz's burgeoning legend with his fifth Major title in as many finals and a consecutive French Open victory, but also inscribed his name in the annals of tennis history as the ninth player in the Open Era to achieve such a herculean comeback in a Grand Slam final – a watershed moment in a nascent career, now boasting 20 titles at the tender age of 22; the protracted, five-hour-and-twenty-nine-minute gauntlet, the longest such contest in the Open Era of the French Open, witnessed, notwithstanding his own disappointment, Sinner’s commendable display of sportsmanship, exemplified by his magnanimous concession of a point to Alcaraz in the pivotal 11th game, all unfolding before a star-studded gallery featuring luminaries such as Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Spike Lee, Pharrell Williams, George Russell, and Antoine Dupont.