Gauff defeats top-ranked Sabalenka to win her 1st French Open title

Coco Gauff won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday's final.

The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S. Open, where she also came from a set down to beat Sabalenka in the final.

Gauff raised the winners' trophy aloft, then kissed it several times. She held her hand over her heart when the U.S. national anthem played.

It was the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 women's final in Paris since 2013, when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, and just the second in the last 30 years.

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