Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz clear favourite to win Roland-Garros again

Though the “old guard” of men’s tennis, in the form of legends like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, is coming to an end, the future of the game looks in safe hands with the likes of Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz and the popular young talent is the favourite to succeed at the upcoming French Open.

The 21-year-old triumphed at Roland Garros in 2024, already has four Grand Slams to his name and is very much the man to beat in the French capital. It took a five-set marathon for Alcaraz to see off Alexander Zverev last year, and you can be sure that the Murcia-born sensation will be primed and ready to take the crown in early June.

Alcaraz leads the betting for the tournament, and fans who want to back him to go all the way again can do so with the help of this amazing BetMGM promo code, which will help make the wager even more potentially profitable.

Carlos Alcaraz is +100 to win the tournament with the likes of Jannik Sinner next at +200, as far as a potential longshot, Novak Djokovic can be picked up at a very tempting +450. The veteran performer is by no means a clay-court specialist, but we are, after all, talking about one of the best players of all time, who made the final again last year.

The 37-year-old Serbian has won the French Open on three occasions, in 2016, 2021 and 2023, with those successes coming against Andy Murray, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud, respectively.

Djokovic is looking to claim his 100th title but was disappointed with his own display as he crashed out of the Monte Carlo Masters to Alejandro Tabilo, 6-3, 6-4, commenting afterwards: “It was actually more like the worst day (at the office). “I was hoping it was not going to happen, but it was quite a high probability I’m going to play this way. Just horrible. Horrible feeling to play this way, and just sorry for all the people that have to witness this.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz is in good form, despite seemingly unfair criticism being leveled at his coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero. Comment on Ferrero led to Andy Roddick defending him, the American stating: “Do you guys remember the crazy times before the Big Three when players didn’t make the finals every week?”

“Yeah, we kind of have to reset expectations, and one of [Paul] Annacone’s former charges, Pete Sampras, as great as he was, winner of 14 majors, six year-end No 1s — he would lose third round sometimes. He just would. He would win one or two majors a year instead of three.

“We have to reset expectations, right? Carlos Alcaraz already has more majors than Andy Murray; he’s halfway towards icons like [Jimmy] Connors, [Andre] Agassi. It’s just absurd what he’s done. We need to reset a little bit, and anyone calling for a coaching change doesn’t know anything about coaching,” Roddick concluded.

The 2025 French Open begins at the revered Stade Roland Garros on May 25th, with the men’s final taking place on Sunday, June 8th.