No. 1 Iga Swiatek will face off against Coco Gauff in the French Open final. chrisjalmeida and jon_wertheim weigh in on what’s at stake for each player
moved into her first French Open final after defeating Daria Kasatkina 6–2, 6–1. staffers Jon Wertheim and Chris Almeida discuss what it took for each player to reach the Roland Garros final and what’s at stake with a title on the line.So we’re here on Thursday morning American time, Thursday evening Paris time coming off the French Open women’s semifinals. And despite a first week filled with upsets, we’re getting a high-profile final.
She's so poised—there's no drama, she's such a great player, she has a great sense of humor and she has a sense of perspective—And she said yes and then gave a two-minute, off-the-cuff monologue about gun violence. She’s really arrived.when she made that run to the second week at 16, that was a big shock. And you thought that, maybe, this was a random event. Because, yeah, a few decades ago you’d see a player win a major that early, but that doesn’t happen so much anymore.
Now in her 11th major championship appearance, Gauff, still only 18 years old, has made her first Grand Slam final.So we’re both Americans here, but we shouldn’t forget about the non-American in this final, the No. 1 player in the world, Iga Świątek.
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