Jonathan Jurejko
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The pre-match atmosphere is bubbling nicely around the grounds.

Plenty of fans were inside Chatrier for the women's doubles final, but now that has finished the number of people milling around has swelled.

Prized photos, glasses of bubbly, plates of chocolate crepes... they look to be the most popular options to pleasantly pass the time.

The Chatrier house band were also tuning up to please the punters.

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Double disappointment for Jasmine Paolini, who having missed out on the singles title to Iga Swiatek on Saturday, has just lost the women's doubles final with partner Sara Errani to Coco Gauff and Katerina Siniakova.

US Open champion Gauff and her Czech partner Siniakova won 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 to take the title.

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At 21 years and one month, Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam singles final on three different surfaces.

He's won on hard and grass courts, can he add a win on clay to that?

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It still feels strange that it's the French Open men's singles final and there is not Rafael Nadal.

After all those years of dominance, we are highly likely never to see him on the Chatrier court again on the last Sunday.

But he will always be outside Chatrier, having been immortalised in steel.

When you arrive through the gates at Roland Garros, the sculpture depicting its finest champion is one of the first things that catches your eye.

Nadal, left arm across his chest, feet levitating above the court and mouth agape, has just walloped a trademark forehand winner.

The pose is unmistakeable.

From the moment Carlos Alcaraz stepped foot on Philippe Chatrier, it seemed like the Spaniard was destined to win the Coupe des Mousquetaires.

Being Spanish and being great at hitting a tennis ball naturally means comparisons to one of Spain's greatest athletes, Rafael Nadal, are going to occur.

Alcaraz, however, has taken them in his stride and is looking to win his third Grand Slam and his first at Roland Garros.

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US Open 2022...

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Wimbledon 2023...

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French Open 2024??

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If you've haven't managed to bag a ticket for Court Philippe Chatrier, this is arguably the next best spot.

Nestled next to the main court is the Jardin des Mousquetaires.

Statues of Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet and René Lacoste - the eminent French tennis players known as the 'Four Musketeers' for their success in the 1920s and 1930s - are surrounded by deckchairs in front of a ginormous LED screen.

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Today we will have a brand new name on the Coupe des Mousquetaires.

Between them, Rafael Nadal (14), Novak Djokovic (three), Roger Federer (one) and Stan Wawrinka (one) have claimed every French Open title of the last 20 years.

But who won the 2004 French Open? Before the dominance of the 'big three' began.

Get in touch with us in all the usual ways. Bonus points if you can name his final opponent!

Fourth seed Alexander Zverev has faced a tricky route to the final - dropping five sets along the way.

• First round: Came through against 14-time winner Rafael Nadal in straight sets
• Second round: A straightforward win against Belgium's David Goffin
• Third round: A below-par performance almost saw Tallon Griekspoor progress in a five-set clash
• Fourth round: Another five-set thriller followed against 13th seed Holger Rune
• Quarter-finals: Straight sets victory over Australian Alex de Minaur
• Semi-final: An upset stomach halted Casper Ruud's charge as Zverev came from behind to win in four sets

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On Saturday, there was yet more success for Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, who won the men's wheelchair doubles final at the French Open for a fifth successive year.

The top seeds gained an impressive 6-1 6-4 victory over second-seeded Japanese duo Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda on court 14 at Roland Garros.

Englishman Hewett and Scot Reid also won this event together in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, and this latest success meant they have won 20 Grand Slam doubles titles - five each at the US Open, Wimbledon, Australian Open and French Open.

The Brits will be back in Paris in a few months when they team up in the Paralympics in September.

"It was a really enjoyable match and hopefully in a few months we can produce similar tennis," said Hewett. "We've had lots of battles and they beat us last time, and I'm sure we will have many more finals in the future."

Elsewhere on Saturday, there was disappointment for Britain's Andy Lapthorne and Guy Sasson of Israel in the men's quad wheelchair doubles final.

They lost 7-6 (11-9) 6-1 against the top-seeded Dutch pairing of Sam Schroder and Niels Vink.

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BBC Sport at Roland Garros

The end looked nigh for Iga Swiatek when she was match point down against Naomi Osaka in their second-round blockbuster at the French Open.

Despite the clear stress of the situation, she saved match point and turned the match around.

That comeback proved to be the catalyst for Swiatek's march to a third consecutive title at Roland Garros - and a fourth overall.

It is her fifth Grand Slam win, which Swiatek called a "surreal" number and led to the Friends fan having 'The One Where She Won A Fifth Major' printed on her trainers afterwards.

Read how the top seed did it - and why the legendary Chris Evert jokes she worries about Swiatek every time her head "hits the pillow".

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Iga Swiatek achieved the rare feat of winning a third successive French Open women's title with a comprehensive victory over Italian 12th seed Jasmine Paolini on Saturday.

Poland’s Swiatek continued her recent dominance on the Roland Garros clay with a 6-2 6-1 win against first-time major finalist Paolini.

It has secured 23-year-old Swiatek a fourth title in Paris and a fifth Grand Slam triumph overall after her victory at the 2022 US Open.

"I love this place, I wait every year to play here," said Swiatek, who won in just 68 minutes.

Swiatek follows Monica Seles and Justine Henin into the record books as the only players to have claimed a ‘three-peat’ in the women’s singles since the Open era began in 1968.

She is the youngest player in the Open era to win four titles at Roland Garros.

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The last chance to get that prized selfie...

One of the first stops for the fans mooching around the grounds is the Roland Garros clay wall.

A queue forms as people jostle for position. Those social media likes don't get themselves.

Questions were asked over the fitness of Carlos Alcaraz heading into the French Open, but the Spaniard has answered them and then some.

Here is his route to the final:

• First round: Lucky loser J.J. Wolf was dispatched inside two hours
• Second round: A below-par performance in a four-set win over Jesper de Jong

• Third round: A statement performance in a three-set victory over 27th seed Sebastian Korda
• Fourth round: 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime won just seven games against a dominant Alcaraz
• Quarter-final: A fine showing against ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to win in straight sets
• Semi-final: Alcaraz beat newly-crowned world number one Jannik Sinner after four hours on court

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On Friday, Zverev’s trial over domestic abuse allegations made by his former girlfriend was discontinued.

The Tiergarten District Court in Berlin said: "There has been a settlement between the defendant and the complainant. This settlement is not part of this trial though and the court is not part of this settlement."

The world number four was given a penalty order last October and fined 450,000 euros (£390,000) after being accused of physically abusing his ex-partner.

The 27-year-old denied the claims and lodged an objection against the order, which resulted in a public trial.

The trial started on 31 May and was due to resume on Friday, but both Zverev and his former girlfriend, who he has a child with, have agreed to end proceedings.

Zverev was not required to appear in person at the court.

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Alexander Zverev began his campaign this year with a straight-set victory over Rafael Nadal - who might have been playing his last match at Roland Garros.

Zverev has not won a Grand Slam, but came close to doing so at the 2020 US Open final when he was two sets ahead and then two points away from victory when serving for the tournament at 5-3 ahead in the final set.

However, Austria's Dominic Thiem ultimately took the title following a fifth set tie-break in an epic four-hour final.

Zverev has reached the semi-finals at Roland Garros in each of the past four years, although he suffered a serious ankle injury during the second set of his 2022 match with Nadal, with the German leaving the court in a wheelchair.

He has also lost in the final four in five sets to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021 and in three sets to Norway's Casper Ruud in 2023, but saw off Ruud this year to reach his first final.

"Going from basically the US Open final where I was two points away, to being rolled off in a wheelchair here two years ago - it's all part of my journey," said Zverev.

"I'm in the final. I haven't won yet. I just want to play my best tennis and give myself the best chance. If I'm able to do that and if I am able to lift that trophy, it will mean the world to me."

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After a day at school, a young Carlos Alcaraz would run home - desperate to watch his hero Rafael Nadal in action.

Now, just as 14-time French Open champion Nadal did, 21-year-old Alcaraz has a chance to create his own tournament legacy.

Alcaraz's five-set semi-final victory over incoming world number one Jannik Sinner made him the youngest man to reach Grand Slam finals on all three surfaces: hard court, grass and now the Paris clay.

A win on Sunday would add his name to a long list of Spanish French Open champions, which, as well as Nadal, also includes his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, Albert Costa, Carlos Moya and Sergi Bruguera, who have all triumphed in the past 30 years.

"I have a special feeling about this tournament," said Alcaraz. "I remember when I finished school, running home just to put the TV on and watch the matches here in the French Open.

"I watched a lot of matches - of course Nadal dominating this tournament for, let's say, 14, 15 years. It's something unbelievable and I wanted to put my name on that list of the Spanish players who won this tournament."

Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Roland Garros

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Bonjour from a very pleasant Paris!

Here is one last chance to see that beautiful vista from the Pont du Garagliano.

You've got your Eiffel Towers, you've got your Seines, you've got your booze-filled party barges.

The City of Love in a nutshell.

The rainy days of the first week are a distant memory and it is another classic early summer afternoon as the curtain comes down on the 2024 French Open.

It's the last day of the French Open, the big one. Fifteen days of action all comes down to this.

Carlos Alcaraz could become the youngest player to win Grand Slams on grass, hard and clay surfaces.

Or will Alexander Zverev get over the line to secure a maiden Grand Slam title?

Stick with us and we'll take you through all the twists and turns of the final day at Roland Garros.

Allez...

The complete surface set?

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Or a first Grand Slam title?

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