India, June 9 -- Jannik Sinner said he will try to "delete" the memory of Sunday's epic French Open final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz, after missing three championship points in a match that may go down as one of the greatest in Roland Garros history.

The 22-year-old Italian looked on the verge of claiming his first French Open crown and third consecutive Grand Slam title when he led by two sets to love and held triple match point with Alcaraz serving at 0-40 and trailing 3-5 in the fourth set. But Sinner was unable to convert any of the three chances as Alcaraz dug deep, held serve, and then forced a tie-break to level the match. He went on to claim a stunning 4-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (10/2) victory in a marathon that became the...