{"id":169481,"date":"2025-06-09T05:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169481\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T05:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:45:13","slug":"jannik-sinner-suffers-roger-federer-curse-at-french-open-final-as-infamous-gesture-is-repeated-six-years-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169481\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner suffers ‘Roger Federer curse’ at French Open final as infamous gesture is repeated six years on"},"content":{"rendered":"

JANNIK SINNER had two hands on the French Open crown – or at least nine fingers…<\/p>\n

But fans reckon he was then hit by the very same curse that struck Roger Federer<\/a> in the Wimbledon<\/a> final six years ago.<\/p>\n

\"Jannik<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jannik Sinner reflects on Carlos Alcaraz storming back to winCredit: Reuters\"Roger<\/a><\/p>\n

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Roger Federer likewise blew match points against Novak DjokovicCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Nothing less than that of “The Cursed Finger”.<\/p>\n

Sinner was leading Carlos Alcaraz 2-1 in sets and 5-3 in the fourth, before earning three match points at love-40 on the Spaniard’s serve.<\/p>\n

And it was then that some Sinner fans gleefully raised a finger in anticipation of the World No1 clinching his first Roland Garros title.<\/p>\n

That’s also what happened to Federer in the SW19 seats when he had two match points on his own serve against big rival Novak Djokovic<\/a> back in 2019.<\/p>\n

READ MORE ON JANNIK SINNER<\/p>\n

Both times fingers went up. Both times fortunes went down for the man on top.<\/p>\n

Djokovic clinched a five-set epic, then Alcaraz did just that too on Sunday – retaining his French crown via the longest-ever Roland Garros final.<\/p>\n

Naturally, fans couldn’t resist making creepy comparisons.<\/p>\n

One wrote: “If it’s not a cursed finger again” – cruelly adding crying-with-laughter emojis.<\/p>\n

\"Spectators<\/a><\/p>\n

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Haunted history repeated itself as excited tennis fans celebrated too early in two Grand Slam finals six years apart<\/p>\n

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Others taunted Sinner fans – as the Italian went on to lose 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 7-6<\/a> in five hours and 29 minutes.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old might also have thought the spirits were against him for another reason – during the fourth set.<\/p>\n

Novak Djokovic digs out French Open rival for ‘spying’ on him and seeing Champions League trophy <\/p>\n

He sportingly gave up a point<\/a> after telling the chair umpire an Alcaraz shot had wrongly been called out.<\/p>\n

But replays showed line judges had been right to call it long. <\/p>\n

Three-time Slam winner Sinner admitted afterwards it was tough to speak after losing from such a strong position. <\/p>\n

The rueful runner-up said: “It’s easier to play than talk now.<\/p>\n

“I’m still happy with this trophy – I won’t sleep very well tonight but it is OK.”<\/p>\n

Alcaraz praised his beaten rival – perhaps knowing the pair are way ahead of the world’s rest in the men’s game.<\/p>\n

He told Sinner: “The level you have is amazing.<\/p>\n

“It is a privilege to share a court with you in every tournament and in making history.”<\/p>\n

\"Carlos<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carlos Alcaraz retained his crown in breathtaking styleCredit: Getty\"Roger<\/a><\/p>\n

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Federer failed to pick up his sixth SW19 crown in 2019Credit: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JANNIK SINNER had two hands on the French Open crown – or at least nine fingers… But fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[36,4718,4295,13325,64982,79,1068,64983,16,15,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-169481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-france","9":"tag-jannik-sinner","10":"tag-novak-djokovic","11":"tag-roger-federer","12":"tag-section-sporttennis","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis","15":"tag-the-french-open","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114651825836784465","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}