Coco Gauff Wins French Open

Coco Gauff celebrates after winning her women's singles final match against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Saturday. (Photo: Thibuad Moritz/AFP via Getty Images)

Tennis star Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open women's singles final to claim the second Grand Slam title of her career. Saturday's final between Sabalenka and Gauff, who ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world, was the first Grand Slam women's final to feature the world's top two players since 2018. 

Gauff is the first American champion at the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015. Both players battled over three sets with Sabalenka winning the first set 7-6, Gauff stormed back to dominate the second set, 6-2, before outlasting the Belarusian player in a 6-4 final set.

"I don't think either of us were playing great," Gauff said in an interview with TNT after the match. "But I knew as soon as I stepped on to the court when I felt that it was windy that it would be one of those matches. So I was just trying to give myself the best chance and fight every point.”

Americans have won both women's Grand Slam titles so far this year. Gauff's victory follows Madison Keys' title at the Australian Open in January.