Carlos Alcaraz is the clear favorite for the French Open. Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is back from his doping ban, though, and building himself back up to full strength day by day. Those were the verdicts after Alcaraz beat Sinner to win the Italian Open a week before Roland Garros starts on Sunday.

Carlos Alcaraz arrives at Roland Garros brimming with confidence after taking down chief rival Jannik Sinner in Rome, but the defending champion expects the Italian to be an even tougher

Bookmakers consider Alcaraz to be a slight favorite over Sinner to lift the trophy in this year's edition, while other players such as Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud, Lorenzo Musetti, Jack Draper, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune are far behind.