In the latest edition of Second Serve, our weekly snapshot of the tours, BBC tennis reporter Jonathan Jurejko reviews the French Open and looks ahead to the grass-court season.
Everyone needed a lie down after two intense French Open finals.
When Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz both fell flat on the court after winning the respective Roland Garros singles titles, it summed up a chaotic conclusion to a thrilling tournament.
It was a French Open that delivered the lot – and whets the appetite for the Wimbledon, which is just around the corner.
Recent editions of the clay-court Grand Slam tournament have been rather predictable.
Rafael Nadal regularly handed out one-sided beatings on his way to a scarcely believable 14 triumphs over a 17-year stretch, while Iga Swiatek did similar in her four victories between 2020 and 2024.
So two exciting singles tournaments this year – both going all the way with nobody able to predict which way they would turn – were a fitting finish.
Alcaraz facing Jannik Sinner in the men’s final was not a surprise. But the first meeting between the ATP Tour’s standout pair in a Grand Slam showpiece ended in an all-time classic to further fuel what is fast becoming a must-see rivalry.
That rounded out a men’s tournament where Novak Djokovic showed he can still have a say at the top of the game.
Would you rule the Serb great out of winning Wimbledon for an eighth time and matching Roger Federer’s all-time men’s record for the tournament? Absolutely not.
But you’d think he would need to avoid defending champion Alcaraz and world number one Sinner on the way.
Throwing in a genuine British hope with Jack Draper – who is now fourth in the world – further fuels the excitement for the All England Club.
On the women’s side, Sabalenka will remain favourite despite the painful nature of her defeat by Gauff.
Sabalenka’s powerful game works on any surface and, although she fell agonisingly short of a first clay-court major, you would still back her to win a non-hard court major.
But, with eight different winners in the past eight editions, the women’s singles at Wimbledon has been unpredictable in recent years.
Bring it on.