Rafael Nadal was watching on as a fan as Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner played out an epic French Open final, and the tennis legend has now opened up on his emotions

It took more than five hours, five sets and three tiebreaks to decide the 2025 French Open. In the end, Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner to win it.

Alcaraz won his fifth major in just as many finals appearances, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2). The match took five hours, 29 minutes, making it the longest French Open final in history, and the second longest major final of all time ( Novak Djokovic and Nadal went 5 hours, 53 minutes, at the 2012 Australian Open).