US EditionNo. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reaches the final
- Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak by defeating her 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 in the Roland Garros semi-final on June 5, 2025.
- Swiatek entered the tournament as a four-time champion and was bidding to win a fourth consecutive French Open, but she struggled in 2025 and had not won a singles title before this match.
- Sabalenka, the world number one and slight favorite, dropped only one set all tournament and secured her first final appearance at the clay-court Grand Slam.
- The opening set was highly competitive with serve being broken eight times before Sabalenka ultimately secured the tie-break, while in the final set, Swiatek struggled with 12 unforced errors and managed to win just six points.
- Sabalenka's victory ends Swiatek's dominance at Roland Garros and advances Sabalenka to face Coco Gauff in the final, where she is favored to win her first Grand Slam title on clay.
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Iga Swiatek Abdicates Her Clay Throne
The queen is dead. It took three straight titles and 26 consecutive match wins at Roland-Garros for Iga Swiatek to finally lose on the Parisian clay. Aryna Sabalenka deservedly got the scalp, outlasting Swiatek in a Thursday semifinal played at a level so blisteringly high it obliterated any thought that the other semi would take place right afterwards. (Apologies to Coco Gauff, who could absolutely beat Sabalenka in the final, and home hero Loi…
Paris. The number one in the world in women's tennis, Aryna Sabalenka, ended yesterday the ra-cha of 26 consecutive victories of the Polish Iga Swiatek at the French Open and reached for the first time the final of Roland Garros, in which the American Coco Gauff, number two of the orb, will be measured.
Sabalenka says a first French Open title would 'mean everything'
Aryna Sabalenka said winning a first French Open title would “mean everything” after she knocked out three-time defending champion Iga Swiatek in the semifinals on Thursday. The world number one snapped Swiatek’s French Open winning streak at 26 matches with a 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-0 success and will face second seed Coco Gauff on Saturday for the title. READ: French Open: Aryna Sabalenka powers into quarterfinal Sabalenka went the extra mile! 💥 Ar…
Sabalenka set to face Gauff in French Open final after ending Swiatek's reign
So used to hearing – and believing – she was a fast-court specialist who couldn't succeed on the slower red clay used at Roland-Garros, the No. 1-ranked Sabalenka showed just how good she can be on the surface by ending Swiatek's 26-match unbeaten streak at the French Open and bid for a record fourth consecutive trophy with a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 win in Thursday's semifinals.Now Sabalenka will try to win her fourth Grand Slam title – and first not …
Sabalenka downs Swiatek as Gauff ends Boisson’s run - Daily Trust
Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek’s French Open reign with a devastating third-set performance on Thursday to tee up a Roland Garros final against Coco Gauff after the American knocked out French hero Lois Boisson. The Belarusian snapped Swiatek’s French Open winning streak at 26 matches with a 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-0 success to reach her first final in the clay-court Grand Slam. Ex-Nigeria U-20 star, Moses Orkuma, joins Raja Casablanca Winners eme…
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