Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz completed an extraordinary comeback to his second-straight French Open men's title in a thrilling five-set match against Jannik Sinner.

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PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to beat Jannik Sinner 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (10-2) on Sunday and retain his French Open title for a second straight year.Alcaraz, who won his fifth Grand Slam tournament in as many finals, produced one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the clay-court tournament.It was the first time that Sinner had lost a Grand Slam final.It was also the longest-ever French Open final.