The one shot which cost Jannik Sinner the French Open title has been identified, ‘he will look back on that one’

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Jannik Sinner was looking to win his second Grand Slam of the year, having already picked up the Australian Open in January.

Reaching his second Major final of the year without dropping a set, Sinner looked in good shape to win his maiden French Open title.

The final itself was an instant classic that will be remembered for generations to come as Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz served up perfection for over five hours on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Sinner seemed destined to win Roland Garros when he was gifted three championship points, but failed to convert all three, as Alcaraz eventually sent the final into a decider.

The level of the decider was scarcely believable, as the pair somehow stepped into another gear, with the match heading to a championship tiebreak.

There, it was Alcaraz who prevailed, winning the second-longest Grand Slam final in Open Era history 4-6, 6-7 [4-7], 6-4, 7-6 [7-3], 7-6 [10-2].

After the match, one former ATP star highlighted the one shot that cost Sinner the French Open title.

Tim Henman says a ‘conservative forehand’ on championship point cost Jannik Sinner the title

Speaking to TNT Sports, former world number four Tim Henman looked back on Sinner’s championship points.

“[Jannik] Sinner is just one point away from victory at Roland Garros,” said Henman.

“That was a strong point from [Carlos] Alcaraz [at 0-40], but a little later on, it’s the 30-40 point and Sinner gets a forehand in the middle of the court and it’s the one he will look back on.

“For Sinner, that was a fairly conservative forehand. I think he will look back on that one and say I should have gone all out for it.

“Then he has to serve for the match, and Alcaraz was just going to give him absolutely nothing, getting that forehand back in to play.”

Sinner failed to serve out the match as Alcaraz fought back to win in five breathtaking sets.

The win was Alcaraz’s fifth in a row against Sinner, extending his head-to-head lead over the Italian to 8-4.

Suffering another big defeat to Alcaraz, Sinner will now look to regroup ahead of the second half of the 2025 season.

How can Jannik Sinner bounce back from heartbreaking French Open final defeat?

Of the eight billion people walking this earth, very few will know what it feels like to be Sinner right now.

Attempting to bounce back from such a devastating loss will be no easy feat, but something he and his team will have to work through together.

When he’s ready, Sinner will step back onto the court, where he will begin preparations for the grass-court season.

Like at Roland Garros, Sinner is also yet to win the Wimbledon title, something he’d no doubt love to rectify in 2025.

Historically, Wimbledon has been the Italian’s worst-performing Grand Slam event, although it would be unwise to count the world number one out.

The 23-year-old reached the semi-finals in 2023 and narrowly lost out in a five-set quarterfinal to Daniil Medvedev in 2024.

Sinner is a better player now than he was then, however, and will head to the All England Club as one of the big favorites to win the title.

He’ll surely be as motivated as ever to do so, having just lost a Grand Slam final for the first time in his career.

For those who stand in Sinner’s way at SW19 next month…. good luck!

The 2025 Wimbledon tournament is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 30.