2025 French Open: Rolex Testimonee Gophlik Sabalenka, first French Open women's singles title!

On June 7, local time, the women's singles final of the 2025 French Open tennis tournament came to an end. Rolex Testimonee Gauff defeated world No. 1 Sabalenka 6-7(5)/6-2/6-4 to win the French Open Women's Singles title for the first time in her career!

Gauff won the French Open women's singles title for the first time

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The two players have met 10 times in the past, with each side winning five equally, with their most recent meeting coming in the final of Madrid in WTA1000 in May, when Sabalenka won in two sets.

In this match, Sabalenka was in a burst of form at the beginning, completing two breaks to take a 4-1, 40-0 lead, but then Gauff played a wave of scoring climaxes to bite the score; After that, Sabalenka wasted two set points and two service games to win the set and was chased by Gauff to tie-break. Gauff took a 5-3 lead in the tie-break, but Sabalenka then snatched the first set 7-5 with back-to-back winners.

Sabalenka

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In the second set, after a series of twists and turns in the first set, Sabalenka's fitness declined, and she only held one service game in this set before Gauff leveled the set at 6-2. In the deciding set, Gauff seized the opportunity to break serve in the third game, and although Sabalenka then broke back and saved a match point in Gauff's service game, it was Gauff who persevered to the end with a stable baseline shot, sealed the victory 6-4, and won the second Grand Slam women's singles title in her career!

It is worth mentioning that at the 2023 US Open, Gauff defeated Sabalenka in the final and won the first Grand Slam women's singles title in her career. At the 2022 French Open, Gauff lost to Swiatek to win the Asian race, and three years later she finally realized her dream of Roland Garros, and she also became the first French Open women's singles champion from the United States since Serena Williams in 2015. Former WTA women's singles world No. 1 and a generation of "clay queen" Haining attended the award ceremony and presented awards to the women's singles champion and runner-up. Sabalenka finished runner-up at back-to-back Grand Slam tournaments at the Australian Open and French Open this season, and she and Gauff will remain world No. 1 and No. 2 after the French Open.

Gauff's road to victory

First round: 6-2, 6-2 Gaedki

Second round: 6-2, 6-4 Valentova[Q]

Third round: 6-1/7-6(3) Bouzkova

Fourth round: 6-0/7-5 Aleksandeva[20]

1/4 Finals: 6-7(6)/6-4/6-1 Case[7]

Semi-finals: 6-1, 6-2 Boisson [W]

Final: 6-7(5)/6-2/6-4 Sabalenka[1]

(Text and editor: Dato)