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It was the first time in 40 years that the top two ranked men and women met in the French Open finals. This weekend, and entire tournament, had it all—and some striking parallels, too.

Let’s start with Saturday’s final. Just like their showdown at the 2023 US Open, Aryna Sabalenka came out swinging and took the first set off Coco Gauff. And just like in New York, Gauff dug deep and stormed back to win the next two sets—this time in tough conditions against the undisputed No. 1 player in the world.

With her win, Gauff became the first American to win Roland-Garros since Serena in 2015. The praise poured in from all corners with LeBron James, JJ Watt, Billie Jean King, and even Barack Obama giving her a virtual standing ovation.

Gauff started the tournament by forgetting her rackets. She ended it by packing a trophy.

Andy and JW give Coco her well-deserved flowers—and weigh in on Sabalenka’s reaction to the loss.

Then came Sunday. Carlos Alcaraz, down two sets to none against top-seeded Jannik Sinner, pulled off the comeback of his career to win his second French Open title. It was the first time he’d ever rallied from two sets down and the first time Sinner dropped a set all tournament.

Alcaraz became just the ninth man in the Open Era to win a major final from two sets down—and only the third man to win a Grand Slam after saving championship point.

It was the first time the ‘New Two’ faced-off in a slam final and it was, as JW put it, theater.

Andy and JW dissect every twist of that five-set thriller and ask the big question: was this the greatest Grand Slam final of all time?

Carlos and Coco aren’t the only players leaving Paris with a trophy. A number of title matches were played over the weekend as young stars and seasoned veterans secured championships of their own. 19-year-old Tokito Oda claimed his third-consecutive men’s wheelchair singles title, Sara Errani secured the women’s doubles and mixed doubles crown, and 17-year-old Lilli Tagger became the first Austrian junior to win a singles title in Paris.

Here’s a full list of the Grand Slam Champions:

• Women’s Doubles: Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini

• Men’s Doubles: Marcel Granollers & Horacio Zeballos

• Mixed Doubles: Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori

• Boys’ Singles: Niles McDonald

• Boys’ Doubles: Alan Wazny and Oskari Paldanius

• Girls’ Singles: Lilli Tagger

• Girls’ Doubles: Sonja Zhenikhova and Eva Bennemann

• Men’s Wheelchair Singles: Tokito Oda

• Women’s Wheelchair Singles: Yui Kamiji

• Boys’ Wheelchair Singles: Maximilian Taucher

• Boys’ Wheelchair Doubles: Charlie Cooper and Maximilian Taucher

• Girls’ Wheelchair Singles: Vitoria Miranda

• Girls’ Wheelchair Doubles: Luna Gryp and Vitoria Miranda

• Men’s Wheelchair Doubles: Cordon Reid and Alfie Hewett

• Women’s Wheelchair Doubles: Yui Kamiji and Kgothatso Montjane

• Quad Wheelchair Singles: Guy Sasson

• Quad Wheelchair Doubles: Guy Sasson and Niels Vink

Remember, this tournament began with that emotional Rafa Nadal ceremony which included the unveiling of his permanent tribute as Carlos Alcaraz watched from the crowd. Then it was Nadal’s turn to play spectator as two weeks later, Alcaraz claimed his second Roland-Garros title just feet away from the ‘forever footprint’.

With Alcaraz and Nadal, the parallels are getting harder to ignore. Sure, they’re both Spanish and both thrive on clay—but this stat takes their connection to another level:

On the very court where Rafa built his legacy, Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam title at exactly 22 years, 1 month, and 3 days old—the exact age Nadal was when he won his fifth major at Wimbledon in 2008.

“I’m gonna say that’s destiny I guess. It’s a stat that I’m gonna keep with me forever. Winning the 5th Slam at the same [age] as Rafa, my idol, my inspiration,” Alcaraz said after the match. “It’s a huge honor."

Alcaraz is now a perfect 5–0 in Grand Slam finals and just became the first player since Nadal in 2012 to win Monte Carlo, Rome, and Roland-Garros in the same season.

Like Alcaraz, Nadal knows a thing or two about marathon Grand Slam finals. Back in 2012, he battled Novak Djokovic for 5 hours and 53 minutes in the Australian Open—the longest major final in history.

On Sunday, Alcaraz and Sinner gave us 5 hours and 29 minutes of jaw-dropping tennis—the longest French Open final ever.

To put it in perspective: if you started The Godfather at first serve, you’d be able to watch the full movie before Alcaraz’s epic comeback kicked into high gear.

Leave the racket, take the cannoli?

And here’s another full-circle moment: when Andre Agassi completed his Career Grand Slam in Paris in 1999, he did it after dropping the first two sets, like Alcaraz did 26 years later. On Sunday, Agassi handed Alcaraz the trophy.

Bonus: Did you catch Andy’s interview with Andre?

Did those storylines, and epic finals draw in more tennis fans?

Well, the first eight days of Warner Bros. Discovery’s US coverage of the 2025 French Open were strong, averaging 292,000 viewers on TNT, a 23% increase from last year’s coverage on NBC and Tennis Channel.

When adding truTV and HBO Max, WBD announced it saw a 53% increase in total hours watched.

We’re still waiting for viewership numbers for the second week of play which includes Sunday’s five set thriller between Sinner and Alcaraz.

TNT Sports also reported that Bleacher Report saw more than 330 million video views across social media platforms during the first week of play.

It’s a historic start to the grass-court season for the WTA in London.

Sir Andy Murray returned to Queens Club to christen the centre court as the Andy Murray Arena, marking the start of the club’s first women’s tournament in 52 years.

10 of the top 20 players in the world will compete including, Qinwen Zhang, Emma Navarro, Elena Rybakina, and Madison Keys who will headline the new WTA 500 event. Emma Raducanu leads the four British players who received wild cards.

The singles final is scheduled for June 15.

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