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Battle of tennis future: Sinner and Alcaraz at the peak of clay season

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  Sunday's Roland Garros 2025 final will offer the first Grand Slam clash between world number one Jannik Sinner and number two Carlos Alcaraz. The twenty-something rivals represent the pinnacle of contemporary men's tennis, and their Parisian encounter could define a new era of the sport. Twenty-three-year-old Italian enters the final with an almost perfect season. He hasn't lost a single set on his path through the Parisian tournament and demolished Novak Djokovic in the semifinals 3:0. Sinner's streak of twenty consecutive wins at Grand Slam tournaments is impressive, as is his overall form following a three-month break due to suspension. Alcaraz arrives as defending champion from last year with an incredible Grand Slam record - he has never lost a major final. The twenty-two-year-old Spaniard has already won three titles this year including Monte Carlo and Rome, confirming his clay dominance. His semifinal against Lorenzo Musetti remained unfinished due to his op...

Generational final battle: Sabalenka and Gauff fight for first clay triumph

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  Saturday's French Open 2025 final will bring tennis drama of the highest quality. Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff, currently the world's first and second-ranked players, will clash in a match that could define the future of women's tennis. For both, Roland Garros represents an elusive goal - neither has won the tournament on Parisian clay. Twenty-seven-year-old Belarusian Sabalenka enters her first Roland Garros final in the form of her life. The Australian champion from this January carries an incredible streak of three consecutive Grand Slam finals. Her journey through the Parisian tournament was nearly perfect - she lost only one set and demolished four-time champion Iga Swiatek in the semifinals with a decisive set 6:0 in just twenty-two minutes. Gauff at twenty-one seeks her second Grand Slam title after her 2023 US Open triumph. The American star already stood in a Roland Garros final once in 2022, when she fell to Swiatek. Last year at the same venue, she won the...