US EditionNo. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reaches the final
- On June 5, 2025, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Swiatek 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 in the French Open semifinals at Roland Garros to reach her first clay-court final.
- Sabalenka ended Swiatek's 26-match winning streak at the tournament as Swiatek struggled throughout 2025 and was bidding for a fourth successive French Open title.
- The match featured eight breaks in a topsy-turvy first set which Sabalenka won in a tie-break, while Swiatek made 12 unforced errors and scored only six points in the final set.
- Sabalenka, 27 years old and a three-time hard-court Grand Slam winner, said, "It was a bit easier with the serve," and added, "There's still a lot of work to do."
- Sabalenka will prepare for the final against Coco Gauff, with whom she is level 5-5 in head-to-head matches, signaling a competitive title showdown.
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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
Flecks of rust-colored clay dotted Aryna Sabalenka's back and caked her white shoes as she ripped big shot after big shot against Iga Swiatek on Thursday, the thud of racket-on-string reverberating off the closed roof at the main stadium at Roland Garros.So
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