First summer slam a battle of new generation

JANNIK Sinner says his blockbuster French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz will be “fun, and not fun”.

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Italian world number one Sinner takes on second seed and defending champion Alcaraz in the first major final between the new generation of men’s tennis superstars.

It is a match-up tinged with extra significance after Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, with the 38-year-old Serb - the last of the old guard still just about standing - admitting it may have been his last Roland Garros.

Instead it will be Sinner and Alcaraz who take centre stage in the first men’s grand-slam final to be contest-ed between two players born in this century.

“It’s fun, and not fun, you know. It’s both ways,” said 23-year-old Sinner of meeting the Spaniard, one year his junior.