{"id":166994,"date":"2025-06-08T07:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T07:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166994\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T07:08:09","slug":"andre-agassi-predicts-who-will-win-the-french-open-final-between-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/166994\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Agassi predicts who will win the French Open final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The top two seeds will face off in the French Open final for the first time in five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Sunday, the world number one and two will battle it out on Court Philippe Chatrier for French Open<\/a> glory.<\/p>\n

In the semi-finals, Carlos Alcaraz took down Lorenzo Musetti<\/a>, and Jannik Sinner defeated Novak Djokovic to set up the dream final many had hoped for.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Adam Pretty\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The pair contested a final on clay just 20 days ago, when Alcaraz beat Sinner<\/a> to win his maiden Italian Open title.<\/p>\n

With fans and pundits predicting whether the Spaniard can repeat the feat on Sunday, one American ATP Tour<\/a> legend has his say.<\/p>\n

Andre Agassi gives the \u2018slight edge\u2019 to Carlos Alcaraz in French Open final against Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n

Speaking to TNT Sports after Sinner\u2019s semi-final win over Djokovic<\/a>, eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi looked ahead to Sunday\u2019s championship match.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to say, I\u2019m still going to give a slight edge to [Carlos] Alcaraz,\u201d said Agassi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why I do is he can come to the table with a variety of paces, a variety of trajectories, and create the angst that needs to be created in order for [Jannik] Sinner<\/a> to slightly get off that intense ball striking off both wings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agassi believes Alcaraz<\/a> will provide more of a challenge to the world number one than Djokovic did in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, when you hit a ball like Novak [Djokovic]<\/a>, as good as it is, that ball can sort of be measured,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t quite measure Alcaraz\u2019s ball. One is going to be a heavy slice. One is going to be a drop. One is going to be way above your shoulder. Sinner has to be on top of his game, moving north and south to get that ball where he wants it to go in order to do what he\u2019s done to get this far without losing a set.<\/p>\n\nRound<\/strong><\/td>\nOpponent<\/strong><\/td>\nScore<\/strong><\/td>\nSets lost<\/strong><\/td>\nGames lost<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSF<\/td>\nNovak Djokovic<\/td>\n6-4, 7-5, 7-6<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nQF<\/td>\nAlexander Bublik<\/td>\n6-1, 7-5, 6-0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4R<\/td>\nAndrey Rublev<\/td>\n6-1, 6-3, 6-4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3R<\/td>\nJiri Lehecka<\/td>\n6-0, 6-1, 6-2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2R<\/td>\nRichard Gasquet<\/td>\n6-3, 6-0, 6-4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1R<\/td>\nArthur Rinderknech<\/td>\n6-4, 6-3, 7-5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTotal<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jannik Sinner\u2019s route to the French Open final<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you start bringing movement into the equation. I mean, let\u2019s face it, Novak\u2019s been one of the great defenders and the great movers in the history of our sport, but I don\u2019t think anybody has really moved and shown the explosiveness and the ability to get to balls, make you play the extra one and or hurt you when you least expect it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when you start throwing in those disturbances, they can take a ball striker and make them think twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to lean a little bit on the Alcaraz side just because what they\u2019re standing on requires a lot of nuance.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s certainly reason to believe Alcaraz can get the job done on Sunday, having enjoyed his fair share of success against the world number one recently.<\/p>\n

Can Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner for the fifth time in a row to win Roland Garros?<\/p>\n

Since the beginning of the 2024 season, Sinner holds a mightily impressive 90-7 record on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

As impressive as those numbers are, taking a closer look highlights just how much of a thorn Alcaraz has been in Sinner\u2019s side over the past 12-18 months.<\/p>\n