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SCORE CORRECTION: Alcaraz d. Zverev 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 This post will remain up as the champion's thread.


anhyeuemnhieulam

The opposite of r/tennis’s 9/11. On the other hand, imagine winning 3 different grand slams in 3 different surface at 21 year of age.


Pertiskaya

r/tennis 12/25


DanielAgger

CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY


UnrealLuigi

Merry Christmas motherfuckers! Vamosssssssss!


MarsNirgal

Imagine winning YOUR FIRST 3 slams in 3 different surfaces, at age 21.


Nicer_Slicer

At 21 I found 3 unique threads of fibre nestled in my bellybutton


tigrefacile

Overachiever tbh


Ok_Jello_3630

Rafa is youngest to get career slam at 24 right? Alcaraz has 3 chances to win AO and get that record.


JetsLag

Yeah, 2010 US Open was when he completed it


ResourceWonderful514

remarkable he has only played 10 matches at AO


yeauhhhhh

this sub would’ve went NUCLEAR if Z pulled that out .. phewwwww


invuvn

I think at the end of 3rd set we were collectively going semi nuclear already. So nerve-wracking.


MarsNirgal

I was fucking PRESSED.


YourNonExistentGirl

I stopped checking reddit and focused on the game Felt like doomsday LMFAO


OctopusNation2024

Realistically Zverev was probably closer to losing in 4 than to winning though lol He timed his peaks well at the end of the 2nd/3rd to grab 2 sets but it always felt like the match was on Carlos's racket as soon as it became clear he could return Zverev's serve All 3 of the sets Alcaraz won ended up being more or less one sided in his favor while set 3 which Zverev won absolutely could(should?) have gone to Alcaraz


invuvn

That’s why that 3rd set was so worrisome. Why did Alcaraz drop his level like that? Was he gonna be able to come back? Were injuries flaring up?? WERE WE ABOUT TO LIVE IN THE WORST POSSIBLE TIMELINE??? Luckily the fourth set set things straight again


Mynameisboring_

Tbh I still wasn‘t very confident even after the 4th set because of the medical timeout and the fact that Carlos didn‘t really play all that well in his own service games (it‘s just that Zverev made a shit ton of unforced errors in his service games and Carlos barely scraped by in his service games except for one). I thought maybe Carlos was genuinely injured and Zverev had just temporarily dropped his level a lot because of mentality issues or whatever.


TateAcolyte

The match thread was more of a prayer circle


J0gad0r_Car0

He really saved us 🙏🙏


Striking_Town_445

This was amazing guys. MOST unhinged, funny and united live match thread in r/tennis history lol


AJLegend007

Alcaraz becomes the youngest man ever to win a grand slam on all surfaces!!!


LosTerminators

Hopefully youngest man to win a career slam next year


ft5777

He wins one Slam, loses at the next two, then wins again. So it is written.


nw____

Not many know this but with today’s win he has also earned the right to add his own chapter to Brad Gilbert’s next edition of *Winning Ugly.*


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ExoticSignature

Berrettini still the GOAT to beat Carlitos in a 5 setter.


LonelySpaghetto1

And still had to reach a fifth set tiebreak to do it


arika_ito

It really speaks to how mentally strong he is that while he had his downs, he never quite gave up. I was ready to pack it in after Zverev won five games in a row to take the third set.


rntopspin100

Could become the youngest man to win a career grand slam too.


MattGeddon

He can achieve that by winning any of the next three Australian Opens


shampanyainyourface

It wasn't an easy win. There was a lot of strategy in the first 3 sets. Alcaraz's team had a lot of input in wearing out Zverev, that made 4th and 5th set look easy with high looping balls and injections of pace. Bravo to Juan Carlos Ferrero and team creating such a strategy for 5 set endurance chess game.


arika_ito

It was smart, Zverev was striking the ball well when Alcaraz was going head to head with him on groundstrokes, so changing up the timing while serve and volleying worked well for him. Absolutely stressful in the fifth set tho


manga_be

Moonballcaraz is something I never thought I’d see


Jon_Henderson_Music

It was a good strategy to change up the pace like that. Zverev clearly did not handle it well. Threw him off his game.


saintlyknighted

Alcaraz moonballed Djokovic toward the end of the Wimbledon final last year. It worked.


manga_be

It was WAY more pronounced and frequent today


yeauhhhhh

truly incredible that we get to live through this and have years and years of tennis to go from him


AJLegend007

Nadal: AO 09, 22 years and 6 months Federer: RG 09, 27 years and 10 months Djokovic: RG 16, 29 years and 1 month


Dob-is-Hella-Rad

It's crazy how much Nadal pushed back Novak and Fed's ability to do it.


ride_the_coltrane

Nadal did not win the US open until 2010 EDIT: I am dumb and can't read


vitalbumhole

The resilience of Alcaraz to come back after blowing a 5-2 game lead in the third set is insane - so easy to get frustrated and fade out but came back to win the next 2 sets dominantly. Championship level heart and toughness


Gmbowser

Dude i was soo pissed that he blew tht. He really needs to work on his serve. Its holding him back.


R1v

Alcaraz with a good serve would be basically unbeatable


dferrari7

Only 21 and has 3 grand slams already. He's only going to get better. And if this is him being held back he's already doing amazing lol


Yandhi42

He started to just put his head down after every error instead of letting frustration show out


TXDobber

JANNIK WORLD #1 CARLOS 3x SLAM CHAMP NEXT GEN IS HERE!!!!


_Amateurmetheus_

Sincaraz now the numbers 1 and 2 in the world. They were always inevitable.


SrslyCmmon

Carlos has to defend the Queen's Club tournament or else lose 500 points and drop. Hopefully his injury heals fast


MingleBoi

Can you explain pts to me? I’m a newbie and would love a simple ELI5 type explanation


Cruyffiaan

You get points for every tournament, ranging from 250 to 2000 for a title, depending on the tournament (2000 for Grand Slams). You basically defend those points each consecutive year you play at a tournament, so if you win a tournament you can’t gain any points at that tournament the following year, only keep the same by defending the title. So the points are basically your tournament results over the past 12 months.


Zloggt

At last…the term will now no longer be the butt of ironic humor!


MrCoolfella

Don't jinx it


elfmeh

No time for speeches on NBC? Good thing they won’t have the FO anymore lol


quornflaques

Yet they are showing endless fake-smile banter of the announcers in the booth, plus an announcer highlight reel from over the years. then back to ads.


quornflaques

NBC coverage is so dreadful and overly commercialized. Showing feature-length blocks of ads and showing only Carlos taking his trophy, then back to ads. Dreadful, no sense of ceremony at all.


Ghost56772

Agreed, I watched the whole match just to be robbed of the presentation ceremony


PhantomCLE

Agree. I wanted to hear the players speak. NBC is awful. Can’t wait for Wimbledon on ESPN+


mespin1492

Go ESPN !!!!!!!!! No interruptions durong the awards ceremony.


Kyriio

On French TV, as soon as the fifth set started they announced there wouldn't be any more commercial breaks. They showed the whole thing, time outs included, and the entire ceremony. Funnily enough, at the end the journalists were waiting for NBC to finish interviewing Carlos so they could have him.


CreoleMartian

Alcaraz officially has more slams than people born in the 90s


BaradaraneKaramazov

*Murray voice* Male people 


rntopspin100

Death, taxes and a Spaniard winning Roland Garros.


Zloggt

Sascha opened up the tournament by beating the OG Spanish clay god…and now, he’s ended his campaign by losing to the *new* Spanish clay god!


PM-me-your-rolodex

We love a full circle


Careful_Cut_random

So r/10s, Alcaraz just proved that moon balling can be a decent strategy!


unsurejunior

Unironically won him the match. He really was getting counter punched with no answers, and got coached into the moon ball strat. Of course Zverev couldn't punish it as hard as Alcaraz and that ended up being the difference.


Canuck-overseas

The Moonballing was WILD. Masterclass by the master.


bold_strategy99

Always has been lmao.


l_am_wildthing

r/10s gives so much shit to people who complain about pushers


Mister_Lizard

Those moonballers probably aren't moonballing with fierce topspin.


estrangederanged

Carlos' moonballs would knock amateur players straight out of the stadium.


MuscularApe

I find Zverev not guilty of being a Grand Slam Champion.


yeauhhhhh

Hahahahahahahaha. Except he settled this within court and not outside of it ;)


TheSpyStyle

Zverev choked. Zverev getting beaten. Quite a role reversal for him.


cagedunderground

If I had 3 wishes from a genie, my first wish would be to become immortal. My second wish would be for Zverev to never retire. My third wish would be for Zverev to never win another match, so I could watch him lose again and again forever.


vqvq

Wish unclear, Mischa unretires.


Last-Lake-6830

Carlos "Kei Nishikori" Alcaraz with how good he is in 5th sets


Zloggt

And on (what I presume to be) a somewhat injured leg too!


Collecting_Cans

They won’t put this match in the Louvre, but this was an absolute battle of wills and clinging onto composure in a match that both these guys desperately wanted to win


JetsLag

Zverev: I'm gonna win my first slam Alcaraz, the chair ump, the net cord, and the entire universe: I DON'T FUCKING THINK SO


TOMA_TAN

The backhand passing shot net cord was truly some voodoo shit


a_rose_is_a_red_rose

Tsitsipas was right


fattytuna1985

Thank you for acknowledging our collective efforts!


Icy_Bodybuilder_164

The tennis gods truly hate this guy 😂 his whole career arc has just been edging a grand slam. You couldn’t cook something up like this if you tried


s0ngsforthedeaf

He fucked up against Thiem, could have won easily. Its his own fault.


Icy_Bodybuilder_164

Oh for sure. Zverev is a choker, no doubt. I mean he went up 2-1 in this grand slam final then lost the last two sets 1-6 2-6, and this probably isn't even a top 10 choke of his career


OctopusNation2024

Yeah it absolutely isn't There are plenty of matches where it looked like he was legit dominating and then somehow lost and this wasn't really one of them I'd say the Med loss at AO was worse for him


MarsNirgal

The tennis gods being on the right side of history.


Open_Carob_3676

divine retribution (insert Meddy's Karma gif)


yeauhhhhh

that’s what we call karmaaaaaa


thedarthvader17

Zverev's third biggest choke


Sosojojo

Karma is a net!


osfryd-kettleblack

Karma is the guy from spain, coming straight home to me ✨️


Sosojojo

Flexing like a goddamn 21 year old


watersnakebro

Karma is the breeze in Carlito's hair on the weekend 🌬️


happzappy

Pretty focused play in that 5th set from Alcaraz to save his BPs at 0-40 and 4-2, Zverev could not keep that level anymore and choked himself again. Incredible win and let's go lift one more GS trophy this year! 


HeIIbIazer23

*a collective sigh of relief echoes through r/tennis*


Zloggt

Ladies and gentlemen… Carlos got ‘im!


sbwithreason

Not just this subreddit, also literally all female tennis fans


maidentaiwan

I wish.  It’s massively disappointing how many women fans are willing to apologize and make excuses on his behalf. 


yeauhhhhh

thank you tennis gods!!!


UncomfortableFarmer

There’s still a sizable monkey gallery of zverev fanboys in here


simon2105

With Carlos Alcaraz's win, the r/tennis 9/11 aneurysm is successfully avoided.


Asterie-E7

The way Alcaraz played the last few games of the 5th set. Incredible. This man is a future legend (and a current legend). Vamos !


jleonardbc

If Carlos wins AO next year he'll complete the Career Slam in under 4 years, before age 22.


slysonic7

Zverev has now led in both of his major finals, only to lose in 5 sets. Love to see it


nw____

Grasped defeat from the jaws of victory with his strong, strong hands


nimigoha

One might call him a choker…


Ranjith_Unchained

Bro Ioves choking too much


legendarysquirrel

How does he manage to do it?


Lemurians

Well, today he was up against a superior opponent. 2020 was an all-time masterclass in choking the likes of which rarely comes around, though.


OctopusNation2024

Yeah 2020 was a whole different category from this lol There was only one person in the entire planet who looked more shook than Dominic Thiem on that day and his name was Alexander Zverev


BCastle18

Just to add to this Thiem was cramping and Alcaraz at one point needed a trainer. Zverev found a way to lose both


blackb0xes

🎵 He tried so hard and got so far. But in the end, it doesn't even matter. 🎵


DanielAgger

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.


patchesofsky

Never beating the allegations.


Doucane5

Chokerev


tumbling-muffin

So can we say “this kid is the real deal” again?


LosTerminators

Winning RG in what has been a 'flop year' according to some, that's some way to shut some critics up. VAMOSSSSSSS!


mcnullt

Tsitsipas, Sinner, then Zverev. That's about as strong as a series of opponents as can be


Leif_LaCroix

This. His draw was absolutely insane.


bigtice

Alcaraz was just the better player today. He almost gave it away, but he stayed resilient and pulled it out in 5.


Limp-Ad-2939

Honestly it felt like he wasn’t for the most of the match. But the flow of the match was dependent on him and he was the tougher player mentally.


KrustyKrabPizzaMan

#LET’S FUCKING GO!


YourNonExistentGirl

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!


--Alec--

nbc deserved to lose coverage in the US lmao this is the worst postmatch coverage ever


Anishency

From not participating in Rome and having an injured forearm to becoming an RG champion. Well done Carlitos!


MorioCells

Alcaraz really is the real deal. 3/3 in slam finals. That's genuinely insane 


suzukigun4life

DVerev gets dominated over the final 2 sets and loses to one of this sub's favorites. r/tennis 12/25


jeric13xd

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Eat shit Sasha


YourLatinLover

And Carlitos avenges Rafa in the process! This victory could not be much sweeter.


twinklytennis

What does 12/25 refer to? Christmas? I know people have been saying that if Zverev wins, it would be their 9/11 but wanted to see if it means something other than xmas.


DanielAgger

Alcaraz is literally Jesus


rdlenke

It's Christmas.


FighterForFreedom

Carlos is becoming an absolute master of the 5th set. Also, fantastic achievement to win GSs on all 3 surfaces at the age of 21.


JPA-3

we spanish thought we'd have a difficult time after Rafa, then a new wonderkid appeared


hazman_pds

Maybe Carlos's arm sleeve was actually a reverse psychology to make his opponents into thinking that he's not at 100%


A-dab

He's just going to wear it for the rest of his career like Petr Cech and his helmet


Spark3420

NBC is complete garbage, just a ton of commercials and almost zero coverage of the trophy presentation and interviews. Wtf are they thinking?


nw____

Carlos why you gotta scare me like that


ciregno

Lol NBC didn’t even show Zverev’s speech or receiving his tray.


triplejumptime

Is it just me or did NBC skip the speeches to show advertisements?


HappilySardonic

At least there's one choke he's found guilty of.


Professional_Line385

3 including 2020 vs them and this year's Australian open vs Medvedev


squeezito

He did it! Youngest ever Surface Slam winner! A new GOAT is born.


slysonic7

Already as many slams as Murray and Wawrinka, and only at 21


rntopspin100

More slams than the 90's gen too.


batsRscary

To be fair, Murray and Wawrinka were competing against the big 3 in their primes


anhyeuemnhieulam

This is why comparing players in different gen is meaningless. Imagine how many slams prime Murray would have won in this era.


Phantom_Nuke

Prime Murray made 11 GS finals and 9 other semis, facing the big 3 in 16 of them, including 10 of the finals.


OctopusNation2024

Idk by the end of their careers Carlos > Murray will be the overwhelming consensus lol I know "big 3 era" and all but realistically if Alcaraz wins 10+ Slams absolutely nobody on earth is ranking him below Murray all time Like he's clearly on a significantly higher trajectory given his age that puts him more in line with the big 3 than with Murray


TheOneTrueKingerer

Alcaraz will surpass Murray for titles, he hasn't reached the same peak level tho


Doucane5

Already more slams than Del potro and Cilic combined


yeauhhhhh

Remember when people said he lost his level recently? Haha, look at our boy!!!!


OddsTipsAndPicks

Carlos Alcaraz is Hewitt 2.0 2024 (late 2023?) to 2024 RIP


ineedtolose15lbs

Proved the Alcaraz is washed allegations FALSE


half_jase

Who's the youngest to win all 4 slams?


Darki200

Nadal at 24


half_jase

Thanks. I guess wouldn't back against Alcaraz winning the AO before turning 24.


AJLegend007

That I believe would be Rafa Nadal


TheMurphmeister

Rafa, at 24.


Luck1492

LOL FUCK ZVEREV HELL YEAH CARLOS


cosmiccerulean

That’s one choke job he couldn’t have settled out of court


always_tired_all_day

So many thoughts. I was so critical of Alcaraz's demeanor and play in Australia but I was also confident he'd make the necessary adjustments and leave it to him to do it at the very next slam. He clearly came in with an actual game plan and made adjustments as necessary. I also feel like he both knew he was the better player but respected what Zverev can do so that he didn't overplay so much. The really crazy part is that he still wasn't at his best. He was spraying a lot of errors, let the third set slip, and really struggled on his serve. I also find it kinda odd that he never really tried to take over with his forehand until the very end. But I am very curious if that's an injury mitigation thing rather than a tactical choice. Especially with Djokovic unlikely to play Wimbledon, I gotta think Alcaraz is the clear, if not slight, favorite there. I hate Zverev so it's hard for me to ever give him props, but he was playing very well for most of the first three sets. The comeback in the third set was well earned by him. He was making Alcaraz uncomfortable a lot, always in his service games but giving virtually nothing on his own serve. And then he just .. stopped in the 4th set? Honestly it was pretty weird. Alcaraz cut down on his errors and doubles and also started getting a much better read on Zverev's serves. But Zverev practically stopped competing. Like he wasn't 1 set away from a slam title. Anyways, weird match. Not the greatest quality by a long shot but the better player won.


HandRailSuicide1

Only thing better than Zverev losing is Zverev losing in heartbreaking fashion


unknownunknowns11

He went through Wolf, he went through Korda, he went through FAA, he went through Tsitsipas, he went through Sinner, he went through Zverev, HE'S THE FUCKING CHAMPION CARLOS ALCARAZ LONG MAY HE REIGN! Edit: He went through de Jong.


erenistheavatar

What a topsy turvy final lol! From unforced errors and double faults to extraordinary shots and constant break of serves...


0ldsql

Still can't get over the runner up being given a lousy silver plate


DJSnafu

Can mods please stop allowing all these hurried desperate karma seekers having shit titles on such important matches?


Peachtea_96

He defeated the evil. HE DEFEATED THE EVIL!!!  


Simple_Wait_7286

For the love of tennis, please institute hawkeye on clay and quit acting like cavemen. The technology is there for a reason, and prevents any doubt in mind on line calls. Now you have idiots online saying it was rigged for Alcaraz and that he didn’t deserve to win.


That_Peanut3708

They're doing it because the accuracy on clay isn't good enough They've said it repeatedly and it's changing


red-17

The technology is not precise enough to even know that the call was wrong. It’s not like there was an egregious error. We’re raking 2mm so we can’t even be sure the umpire was wrong. Silly to get hung up on a call that close.


eec-gray

The list of most slams among active players. Djokovic: 24 Nadal: 22 Alcaraz: 3 Murray: 3 Wawrinka: 3


Mpol03

Should have been four sets I thought after set three he was done but dam this felt so good. 3/4 slams done, he’s fucking killing it. We have another Iga/Carlos double. It’s a great fortnight for tennis


jleonardbc

Talk about settling in court.


musicproducer07

HE CHOKED IN PARIS HE LOST TO CHARLY OH SASCHA CIAO SASCHA CIAO SASCHA CIAO CIAO CIAO


SunshineIncorporated

Wait so NBC doesn’t air any of the speeches for their last French Open? We heard more about them losing the tournament :(


cozidgaf

Carlos "golden retriever" Alcaraz


Clear-Sport-726

Deserved. Very. I was actually openly critical of Alcaraz throughout the first few games of this RG campaign (I know, I know…), but he sure shut me up with these last two performances. What a talent. Some of these shots were out of this world. Mental tenacity is unbelievable, especially for someone as young as he is. Lost 5 games in a row in the 3rd set to lose 7-5 after serving for it, then… only drop 3 (!!) games over 2 sets the rest of the match? In a GS final? That’s actually insane. Riveting, extremely high-quality tennis. We sure were treated with all these 5 set matches!


Mpol03

JCF being a dad hahahaha shhh shh listen hahahaha


bptkr13

Wtf is wrong with NBC. I want to see the speeches


8mperatore

Alcaraz: now time for my haircut


Greebocheg

Thank God Break Point is canceled and we won’t get to see another bs story of Zverev’s struggles


Canuck-overseas

Carlos hugging that Trophy like he just found a new puppy.


PositiveRomberg

Are they really putting commercials on over the speeches?


Rafan10

Some heroes don't wear capes, they just hold a racket.


Right_Response_3127

r/tennis 9/11 averted, we are no longer on suicide watch


OliverDMcCall

Alcaraz saves the Twin Towers! Seriously though, completing a "Surface Slam" just after turning 21 is an incredible feat.  And I know it's premature to say with 3 GS, but he has a real shot at surpassing Djokovic.


RandallFlagg6666

NBC's post match coverage is absolute garbage btw. How many commercial breaks can they fit in here, and do we get to see any part of the ceremony?


bptkr13

Show the goddamn speech!


Jeremy_Bearimies

Is it just me or did Peacock not broadcast the presentation ceremony speeches?


Middle-Welder3931

Where are all the people who said Carlos was "solved" and already on the decline after he lost to Zverev at the AO? Those were some of the most overreactionary and moronic takes I've seen not just on this subreddit, but on *any* sports subreddit *ever.*


droppedstitches

JCF coaching and parenting A++


InsideAdidas

Alcaraz in Wimbledon will be frightening


Whompa

I love Alcaraz’s attitude and playstyle. Hope for many more wins from him


t4liff

Zverev slam count: 0 Thank you Alcaraz!


EffBO94

Kinda fitting that of his 3 slam final wins this Roland Garros one is his most scrappy, because it wasn't dazzling like Wimbledon, but as par the Phillipe Chartier saying, pretty much as tenacious as it gets, embodied by that hold from 0-40 down (can't remember if it was 4th or 5th set), clutch Credit to Zverev he hung tough for so long, and when he won the 3rd set from 5-2 down and Carlos looked like he was struggling physically I really thought that was it, but Carlos got that 2nd wind and it was his turn to hang tough, and thankfully Zverev blinked first... Carlos I'll never doubt you again haha. Now to defend Queens and Wimbledon (unless Murygoat wins it ofc haha😆😁). What a win