PARIS– Carlos Alcaraz won the first set 6-3 against Alexander Zverev in the French Open final on Sunday.
Both players are looking to win the title for the first time on the red clay of the Court Philippe Chatrier.
3rd place Alcaraz vs 4th place Zverev marks the first men’s final at Roland Garros since 2004 without at least one of the Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer participating.
Zverev leads the head-to-head against Alcaraz 5-4.
Alcaraz already has two Grand Slam trophies. He won the US Open on hard court in 2022 and Wimbledon on grass last year.
The 21-year-old Spaniard could become the youngest man to win a major title on all three surfaces.
Zverev, a 27-year-old German, is trying to win his first Slam title. He was the runner-up at the 2020 US Open and has been eliminated in the semi-finals in Paris the last three years.
Hours before Zverev won his semi-final this time on Friday, news broke from a Berlin district court that a mutually agreed resolution closed a trial stemming from the accusation of assaulting an ex-girlfriend during an argument in 2020.
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