World number-2 Coco Gauff has won the French Open. The 21-year-old American star defeated world number-1 tennis star Aryna Sabalenka 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the women’s singles final on Saturday. Sabalenka won the first set 7-6 in a match that lasted two hours and 38 minutes. Gauff has won the second Grand Slam of her career. She became the US Open champion in 2023. In this tournament, an American player has become the champion after 10 years. Before Gauff, Serena Williams became the champion here in 2015. Gauff lost the first set 7-6 at the Philippe-Chatrier Court in Paris. Then she won the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 and won the title. In the men’s category, Novak Djokovic of Serbia lost the semi-final match. After the defeat, Djokovic said – ‘Maybe this was my last match. I don’t know, so I’m a little more emotional at the end. If this was the last match of my career at the French Open, then it was amazing to see the way the audience supported me.’ Djokovic will be 39 years old by next year’s French Open. Gauff’s victory celebration in 3 photos… Men’s Singles: Djokovic loses semi-final, defeated by Sinner
The 38-year-old Serbian star was defeated by 23-year-old Italian Jannik Sinner 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3). The match lasted 3 hours and 16 minutes. Djokovic said- ‘Do I want to play further, yes, I want. But will I be able to play here after 12 months, I don’t know. I said that this could be my last match here. I did not say that this would be my last match here.’ Novak Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles so far. He has won 10 Australian Open, 3 French Open, 7 Wimbledon and 4 US Open titles. He has been world number 1 many times and has also made a record of staying at the top ranking for the most number of weeks. Final between world number-1 Sinner and Alcaraz
World number-1 Jannik Sinner will face world number-2 player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the final on Sunday (8 June). In the first semi-final, Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti left the match against Carlos Alcaraz midway. When 8th seed Musetti decided to withdraw from the match, Alcaraz was leading 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 2-0. Nadal is the most successful player here
Rafael Nadal, known as the king of red gravel, has won the French Open title a record 14 times. Nadal has participated in the French Open 18 times and has won 112 matches and has faced defeat only four times, which is a world record in the men’s and women’s category in any one Grand Slam. The French Open, also known as Roland Garros, is a tennis tournament held every year in Paris. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the world, and is played on clay courts. It is the second Grand Slam of the year. ——————————————————- Also read this sports news… Gukesh finished third in Norway Chess Tournament, World No. 1 Carlsen won the title World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has won the title of Norway Chess 2025 tournament. World champion D Gukesh finished third in the points table. Another Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi finished fifth. Regarding the defeat in the match against Gukesh, Carlsen said, even though it is not a good memory, the match will always be remembered. Read full news
