PARIS — Coco Gauff reached her second remaining at Roland Garros by beating Loïs Boisson 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday to finish the stunning, upset-filled run by a French wild-card entry who’s ranked No. 361.
The victory by No. 2 Gauff units up a blockbuster championship match in opposition to No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday.
Sabalenka is a three-time main champion and earned a shot at a fourth by ending Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open profitable streak. Sabalenka’s 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 win within the semifinals prevented Swiatek from turning into the primary girl to win 4 consecutive championships in Paris within the Open period (since 1968).
This shall be simply the second No. 1 vs. No. 2 girls’s remaining on the French Open previously 30 years.
It is also a rematch of the 2023 US Open remaining, wherein Gauff beat Sabalenka to assert her first main trophy at age 19.
Gauff was the runner-up to Swiatek at Roland Garros in 2022.