French Open: Coco Gauff wins in Paris and thanks God

After a spectacular and almost blown away French open final, the tears flowed with both players. Coco Gauff could hardly believe the second Grand Slam title of her tennis career, Aryna Sabalenka experienced one of the greatest disappointments in her career. In the final of Paris, the American prevailed 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 2, 6: 4 and then put the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen up for the first time.

Gauff had previously won the US Open in 2023, but in Paris she clearly lost to Polish Iga Swiadek in 2022. Against Sabalenka, Gauff used her second match ball after 2:38 hours and was the first American to win the title in Paris since Serena Williams ten years ago.

After the hug with Sabalenka on the net, Gauff knelt on the red ashes of the Court Philippe-Chatrier and looked at her mother in disbelief in the stands. Gauff formed a heart with his hands and had tears in his eyes. Sabalenka pursued the scenes deeply disappointed in her chair. The number one in the world must continue to wait for her first title in Stade Roland Garros.

Gauff defeats the self -doubt

“First of all, I would like to thank God. I had to go through a lot after my defeat three years ago, I was self-doubt. I’m just happy to be here,” said Gauff, after receiving the trophy from the hands of the former French Open winner Justine Henin.

Sabalenka, on the other hand, was indo fiber. “This defeat hurts so much. Playing such terrible tennis in these terrible conditions hurts,” said the world ranking first and then apologized to her team in the stands. “Sorry for this terrible final. As always, I will come back more,” said Sabalenka, who made 70 avoidable mistakes in the final.

Spectacular men’s final

The number one and two of the tennis world are also faced with the men’s final this Sunday (3 p.m./Eurosport). Industry leader Jannik Sinner from Italy meets defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner won the last two Grand Slam tournaments in Melbourne and New York and, after his three-month doping lock in the Roland Garros Stade, is still without loss of sets.

Sabalenka and Gauff fought a gripping duel in difficult weather conditions. In strong winds, both players had big problems with their serve. So there were eight surcharge losses in the first set alone. Sabalenka initially got along better with the weather and quickly moved to 4: 1. The Belarusin dominated the action with her massive blows and seemed to be headed for a quick set of sets.

But then Gauff increased and fought back. The American equalized to 4: 4, but then faced two set balls from Sabalenka. But this phase also survived Gauff, it went into the tiebreak. There Sabalenka had the better nerves and got the first round with the third set ball after 77 minutes.

Gauff dominates sentence two and three

After that, Sabalenka acted unconcentrated. Gauff used this and quickly moved to 4: 1 with two breaks. The wind now lay down a bit, Gauff came up better with the new conditions. Sabalenka made up for a loss of service, but Gauff was the better player now and made the sentence compensation.

The American, who was in the final at the two Masters 1000 events in Madrid and Rome in the run-up to the two Masters 1000 events, now had the momentum on their side. Even in the decisive sentence, Gauff managed a break more than her opponent. Sabalenka was against the defeat, but number one in the world acted too wild in the crucial phases. Gauff, on the other hand, was cool and deservedly won.