Sabalenka ends the reign of Swiatek at French Open – Diepresse.com
The world rankings Aryna Sabalenka eliminates the defending champion Iga Swiatek at the French Open and meets Coco Gauff in the final, who defeated the outsider Loïs Boisson in the semi-final.
Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek’s winning streak at the tennis French openings and first moved into the final in Paris. The world rankings first won the semi-finals against Polish 7: 6 (1), 4: 6.6: 0 on Thursday and added the first defeat in Roland Garros for four years. In the final on Saturday, Sabalenka meets Coco Gauff. The American, set as number two, finished 6: 1.6: 2’s sensational run of the French Loïs Boisson.
Swiatek has already won the title four times in Roland Garros, most recently three times in a row. After 26 successes on the Paris Sand, Sabalenka was brutally stopped in the third set. After two balanced and high -standing sentences, Swiatek only scored six points, Sabalenka used the first match ball after 2:22 hours.
« She is the hardest opponent, especially on sand, especially in Roland Garros. It was a difficult match, but I did it. It feels incredible. But the job is not yet done. I still have to win another game, » said Sabalenka. The number one in the WTA ranking has won three Grand Slam tournaments so far.
Third sentence 6: 0 to Sabalenka
The Belarus Sabalenka got the first set with a 7-1 in the tie break, but fell behind in the second round due to two loss of service. Swiatek made the sentence compensation, but then went under in the decision set.
« Her pace was super fast. She played as hard as possible, especially at the beginning of the match. So it was difficult to get into a rallies at all. In the third set, we put on what happened in the first, » said Swiatek, for whom it was the first defeat at the French Open since the quarterfinal defeat 2021 against Maria Sakkari.
Gauff without problems
Sabalenka is now dealing with Gauff, who got her only Grand Slam triumph at the US Open 2023 through a final victory over the Belarus. The 21-year-old eliminated the Boisson tournament surprise without any problems. The number 361 in the world had eliminated the top ten players Jessica Pegula and Mirra Andrejewa in the course of the tournament, but there was nothing to get against Gauff.
The American finished the blatant outsider in 69 minutes and is in the final for the second time after 2022 in Paris. She has the chance of her tenth profit and she won her first in Linz in 2019.
(APA)
