WTA French Open Final: Aryna Sabalenka vs Coco Gauff
🧠 Form & Context
🇧🇾 Aryna Sabalenka
- 🏆 Breakthrough moment: Defeated Roland-Garros queen Iga Swiatek to end her 26-match Paris win streak and reach her first Slam final on clay.
- 📈 Career evolution: Previously never past R3 before 2023; now a finalist in back-to-back years.
- 🔥 High-stakes regular: 14 finals since 2024 (7–6 record), including five Slam finals (3–2 overall).
- ❗️ Clay concerns: Just 3–7 in clay finals and 0–6 outside Madrid—still chasing that major red-dirt title.
- 💪 Mental edge: Beat Gauff in straight sets in Madrid, saving a set point in the process.
🇺🇸 Coco Gauff
- 🌟 Back again: Returns to the Roland-Garros final after her 2022 runner-up finish; third Slam final overall.
- 🧱 Clay queen in the making: At least QFs in her last four RG appearances, plus finals in both Madrid and Rome this year.
- 🔁 Rivalry factor: Beat Sabalenka in the 2023 US Open final, but lost to her in this year’s Australian Open SF and Madrid final.
- 🔥 Grit under pressure: Fought through early-round scares but dominated home favorite Boisson in the SF.
- 📊 Record-setting run: Youngest woman to reach the Madrid, Rome, and Roland-Garros finals in a single season.
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