It was a match that felt endless. Five-plus hours. Five sets. The longest French Open final in history. And at the center of it all: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Watching them battle point after point, Andy Roddick didn’t just see a tennis match; he saw something bigger.

Five months after that epic final, Roddick revisited the match on his podcast Served, with co-host Jon Wertheim. Reflecting on what he had witnessed, he said , “An absolute force of mental anguish, athleticism, drama, peaking at the right time.” He stressed that this wasn’t just about winning or losing; it was the kind of performance that defines a generation.

Roddick added, “Everything you could ever want in a match, this was. That’s before we get to sportsmanship. That’s before we get to humanity.”

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