French Open: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka faces No. 2 Coco Gauff in the women’s final

PARIS AP The French Open women s final is underway at Roland-Garros Despite a chance of rain later Saturday afternoon organizers opted to keep the retractable roof open on Court Philippe-Chatrier for the match between No Aryna Sabalenka and No Coco Gauff Both women are aiming to win the title for the first time Gauff lost the French Open final at age but the American beat Sabalenka in the U S Open final Gauff s only major so far The -year-old Sabalenka who is from Belarus has won three majors but is appearing in her first French Open final It is the first No vs No final in Paris since when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova and just the second in the last years Sabalenka and Gauff have split their previous matchups evenly but Sabalenka won their largest part new encounter also on a clay court at the Madrid Open a month ago AP tennis https apnews com hub tennis Source