Triumph for Coco Gauff in Roland Garros – Diepresse.com

The winner of the tennis frenchopes is called Coco Gauff for the first time. After an exciting final, the 21-year-old American prevailed in Paris against the world rankings from Belarus, Aryna Sabalenka, 6: 7 (5), 6: 2.6: 4. Gauff secured her second Grand Slam title after the US Open 2023. For the first US women victory at the his since Serena Williams 2015, Gauff collects 2.55 million euros, but remains second behind Sabalenka in the WTA ranking.

The match was exceptional in terms of the hardness of the impact, the intensity and also from the noise level, primarily from the almost roaring Sabalenka – especially in the first sentence in which the game was curious. Sabalenka led Dustin Hoffman to 2-1 and 4: 1 in front of Breaks in front of the eyes of UA-Schauzelgendungen, even during their serve, before the runners were able to counter extremely strong Gauff to the crashing strokes in Sabalenka. With two rebreaks she managed the 4: 4. After that, both players left their surcharge twice until the Tiebreak, Sabalenka awarded two set balls in 5: 4.

In the Tiebreak, Gauf.f rapidly led 4: 1 and 5: 3, but did not make a point afterwards. After 77 minutes, Sabalenka, who is not called the « Tiger » for nothing, used her third set ball to 7: 6 (5). In her second Paris final, Gauff was not irritated in her second Paris final, on the contrary. With breaks to 1-0 and 4: 1, she quickly took course to the set of the set in the second set.

Second match ball used

Sentence number three also allowed every outcome for a long time, especially since a break did not automatically mean the decision. So Sabalenka picked up a 1: 3 again, but had to postpone the serve to 3: 4 again. Now Gauff stayed on the pusher and after 2:38 hours she used her second match ball. (APA)