PARIS — Coco Gauff has received the French Open for the primary time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday.
The second-ranked Gauff got here out on high of a contest that was filled with rigidity and momentum swings to assert her second main trophy after the 2023 US Open, the place she additionally got here from a set all the way down to beat Sabalenka within the closing.
It was the primary No. 1 vs. No. 2 closing in Paris since 2013, when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, and simply the second within the final 30 years.
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