On a seemingly unstoppable surge towards a third straight French Open crown, Iga Swiatek must overcome one final Jasmine Paolini -sized obstacle to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in Saturday's women's singles final. The world number one continued her dominant streak over Coco Gauff in the semi-finals, while her Italian foe ended the magical run of 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva to reach her first Grand Slam final. © Reuters Since an atrocious second set against fellow four-time major winner Naomi Osaka in round two, the scintillating Swiatek has been on the warpath, recording a double bagel over Anastasia Potapova and dropping just two games against Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova before reuniting with a familiar face in Gauff.
The pair renewed hostilities two years on from Swiatek's two-set success in the 2022 final, and by virtue of surviving a second-set scare against the reigning US Open champion, the Pole reached her fifth major final courtesy of a 6-2 6-4 triumph in just one hour and 37 minutes. A break to 15th in the opening game set the tone for the first set, and even though Gauff drew first blood in the second to establish a 3-1 lead, too many mistakes left the American's racquet - 38 unforced errors to be exact - and Swiatek took the only two break points she fashioned after falling behind. Three match points passed Swiatek by, but the 23-year-old's fourth opening coincidentally punched her ticket to her fourth French Open final, becoming the second-youngest woma.
