World number one Aryna Sabalenka targets a French Open title that would “mean the world” in a tantalising final against second-ranked Coco Gauff at Roland Garros on Saturday.

It will be the first time the world’s top two players have met in a women’s Grand Slam final since Caroline Wozniacki defeated Simona Halep to win the 2018 Australian Open.

Sabalenka and Gauff faced off in the 2023 US Open final, when the Belarusian led by a set before imploding as the then-teenager Gauff claimed her maiden major title.

Their head-to-head record is locked at 5-5, although Sabalenka came out on top in their last meeting in the Madrid Open final last month.

The top seed will be playing in her first Slam final not on hard courts.

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