Rafael Nadal, winner of twenty-two Grand Slam titles, immediately congratulated his compatriot Carlos after the final against the Italian Jannik Sinner Alcaraz, who after almost five and a half hours won his second Roland Garros tournament.

“What an incredible Roland Garros final!”, the fourteen-time champion wrote on social media in Paris, honored by the French public and for his second Grand Slam of the season two weeks ago.

“Congratulations Carlos Alcaraz!” added the message accompanied by an emoticon of a trophy and a strong arm written by Rafael Nadal, who also congratulated the Italian Jannik Sinner, finalist in the tournament and world number one. “Congratulations also to Jannik Sinner for a great battle,” he said with the applause emoji.

Alcaraz won his fifth Grand Slam in a dramatic final that lasted five hours and 29 minutes in five sets (4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(3) and 7-6(2); it was his second trophy in Paris after the one he won last year and which adds the two at Wimbledon and a US Open.

Juan Carlos Ferrero remembers that Alcaraz should never be written off

The coach of the two-time Roland Garros champion explained that his pupil thrives in difficult moments and, although he acknowledged that at times he also thought he wouldn’t be able to win the final, mainly when he was sets down, he reminded everyone that Alcaraz should never be given up for defeated, as he possesses a fighting spirit that is difficult to break.

“He was two sets down and Jannik hadn't lost a singles yet. But he showed me a sign of confidence with his racket, saying, 'Let's go.' With Carlos, anything is possible; he's a great," he said. With information from EFE.