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A new champion is born at the French Open! Alcaraz wins two sets in a row and defeats Zverev 3-2, winning his third Grand Slam title

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In the 2024 French Open men's singles final, Alcaraz, the No. 3 seed of the tournament, fought for 5 sets. After falling behind 1-2, he won 2 sets in a row and finally defeated the No. 4 seed Zverev 3-2, winning the French Open men's singles championship for the first time in his career. This is also the third Grand Slam championship of the 21-year-old Alcaraz. The scores of the 5 sets were 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-2.

In the first set, Alcaraz broke the serve right at the beginning. Although Zverev quickly broke back in the second game, Alcaraz broke again in the fifth game. In the crucial 9th game, Alcaraz broke Zverev's serve for the third time in this game, winning the first set 6-3.

In the second set, the two sides started a fierce competition in the first service game. Alcaraz saved 3 break points and held his serve with difficulty. However, Zverev still broke the serve successfully in the fifth game. In the 7th game, Zverev broke again and expanded his advantage to 5-2. After winning the serve to win the set in the 8th game, Zverev also won a set with 6-2.

In the 3rd game, Alcaraz broke first in the 6th game, and saved 3 break points in the 7th game, leading 5-2 at one point. But Zverev staged a big reversal in desperation. He broke Alcaraz's serve to win the match and won 5 games in a row, reversing 7-5 to win the 3rd set and overtaking the total score 2-1.

In the 4th game, Alcaraz quickly adjusted his state. At the beginning, he won 4 games in a row with consecutive saves and breaks to take a 4-0 lead. In the 6th game, Alcaraz broke again, and then he won the serve to win the set in the 7th game, winning the 4th set 6-1, and the two sides returned to the same starting line again.

In the 5th game, Alcaraz broke first in the 3rd game, and then in the 4th game, he bravely saved his serve when he was 0-40 behind, expanding his advantage to 3-1. In the 7th game, Alcaraz completed another key break. In the 8th game, Alcaraz withstood the pressure and successfully won the serve to win the match, thus winning the final set 6-2 and defeating Zverev 3-2 to win the championship.

Alcaraz won the French Open men's singles final for the first time in his career. This is also the third Grand Slam title for the 21-year-old. He had previously won the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon in 2023. Among the four Grand Slams, Alcaraz has only missed the Australian Open.