The 2025 French Open may go down as the official starting point for a new era of men's tennis. It will be the first meeting in a grand slam final between the sport's two ascendent stars: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

Those two have won the last five grand slam titles and have combined for a perfect 7-0 record in grand slam finals, but someone's 0 has got to go on Sunday at Roland-Garros. Their path to a final showdown continued on Friday as Alcaraz defeated Sinner's countryman, Lorenzo Musetti, in the first semifinal and Sinner ousted the legendary Novak Djokovic in straight sets later in the evening (6-4, 7-5, 7-6(3)).

Sinner was the heavy favorite over the veteran entering the semifinal, but Djokovic in the grand slams is always a different beast and figured to be a litmus test

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