Coco Gauff celebrates the point with which Roland Garros champion was consecrated.
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American tennis player Coco Gauff (2nd WTA) was proclaimed Roland Garros champion by overcoming Belarusa Aryna Sabalenka (1st); 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 and 6-4; This Saturday in Paris in a game that was a roller coaster of emotions of two hours and 38 minutes.
It is Gauff's second consecration in a Grand Slam tournament, because in 2023 he had conquered the United States Open. He also beat Sabalenka again, which he already defeated in his aforementioned first title in a large tournament.
With his victory in Paris he takes over from his referent Serena Williams, the last American winner in the 'great' of whipped land, ten years ago. The 21 -year -old player happens in El Palmarés to the Polish IgA Swiatek, winner of the last three editions – for a total of four.
The Belarusian, undisputed number 1 in the world since last year, adds a second consecutive disappointment in the Grand Slams, after falling at the beginning of the year at the Australian Open, where he had won in 2023 and 2024, in front of the American also Madison Keys.
In the male branch there was still a cloth to cut, because the final between the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz – vigent champion of this contest. It will be an unpublished duel in the late Grand Slam with two tennis players born in this century.
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