Reversing Sabalenka, Gauff became the first American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015

In the women's singles final of the 2025 French Open tennis championships on the 7th local time, the 21-year-old Gauff finally defeated Belarus's top seed and current queen Sabalenka 6:7 (5:7), 6:2, 6:4 after three sets of fierce battles, and the second seed of the United States won the clay Grand Slam championship for the first time.

Gauff

Gauff, who returned to the French Open finals in 2022, learned the lessons of the heavy defeat to Poland's "Queen of Clay" Swiatek three years ago, and now faces the menacing Sabalenka, withstanding the heavy pressure of dropping the first set, and winning after a fierce battle of 2 hours and 38 minutes, becoming the first American to be sealed after the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015, and also rewriting the Shuangshu match to 6-5.

Gauff

This is the second time since Serena Williams played against Russian Sharapova in 2013 that the Top 2 will meet at Roland Garros in Paris for the women's singles finale. Gauff, who is good at defending and counterattacking, recreated the 2023 US Open championship scene, once again toppled the strong opponent Sabalenka in three sets, and won the second Grand Slam Gold Cup of his career, as well as the 2.55 million euro French Open women's singles championship bonus.

Sabalenka

Sabalenka, who has a strong style of play, broke Gauff's serve in the final one after another, and won 4 games in a row to form 4:1; However, Gauff, who is good at defense, adjusted to stabilize the double break and also used the color to chase a 4:4 draw. When the battle situation was tight, both sides were affected by the wind on the spot, and they broke each other twice to enter the tie for 7, and Sabalenka, who was actively surfing the Internet, overcame 0:3 behind, and then fought back strongly from 3:5, and scored 4 points in a row to win the handicap.

Gauff regained his strength in the second set, taking advantage of Sabalenka's unforced errors, broke serve three times to achieve 5:2, and took advantage of the situation to win a city. The battle line dragged into the deciding set, the calm and composed Gauff took advantage of the victory to chase, took the lead in the 3rd game, and the key points were better than the opponent's, and the 6th and 7th games broke each other to maintain the lead, and the second championship point locked the victory.