Coco Gauff has won the French Open women’s singles title for the first time after an epic battle with Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday’s final.

Gauff headed into Roland-Garros as the No.2 seed and came from behind against the world No.1 to land her second Grand Slam singles trophy.

It is the first major singles title the American star has secured on clay, with her only previous triumph on home soil at the 2023 US Open.

Her French Open singles trophy comes one year after she clinched the Roland-Garros doubles title with Czech partner Katerina Siniakova.

Gauff, 21, defeated Sabalenka 6-7 6-2 6-4 in the final – but it was the Belarusian, 27, who enjoyed the better start on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Sabalenka broke Gauff to love in game three – and she made it a double break in game five with a

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