Tennis
French Open
31m ago
ROLAND GARROS, PARIS — After Carlos Alcaraz’s last miracle shot had whizzed past him, and the most painful thing that can happen to a tennis player had really happened, Jannik Sinner sat on his chair with his head bent between his knees, rocking back and forth, wondering how the French Open final had possibly gone this way.
A month ago, he’d reappeared after a three-month anti-doping suspension, unsure of what his tennis might look like after the layoff. Three weeks ago, Alcaraz had handled him without too much stress to win the final of the Italian Open in Rome in straight sets.
