France, April 13 -- The 24-year-old Italian won 7-6, 6-3 on Sunday to become the first man since Novak Djokovic in 2015 to lift the first three of the season's most coveted tournaments on the circuit after the Grand Slam events in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

In March, Sinner claimed Masters 1000 titles at Indian Wells and Miami in the United States.

The victory over Alcaraz also gave Sinner his most prestigious trophy on clay courts following his title at Umag in Croatia in 2022.

Alcaraz went into the final on Cout Rainier III as the defending champion. He took Sinner's opening service game to lead 2-0.

But Sinner recovered the deficit and pocketed the opening set after 74 minutes when Alcaraz served a double faut at set po...