World No. 1 Sabalenka and world No. 2 Gauff will play the key drama of this year's French Open women's singles title match, and this final lineup is perfect!
Now the question of who can finally win the women's singles championship trophy has become the absolute focus of public opinion!
Looking back at Sabalenka and Gauff's path to qualification, everyone sees that they are almost identical, with both men dropping a set to reach the final. The former faced Swiatek in the semifinals and was robbed of a set by a Polish girl; The latter also lost a set in the semi-finals against his compatriot Keys for a ticket to the final.
Although Gauff in the bottom half of the draw does not have absolute stubble like Zheng Qinwen, Anisimova and Swiatek, but Alexandrova and Keys in the American women's draw are also extremely difficult opponents, and the two can break through from many strong players to the finals, which shows that the current form and feel are very hot, and also makes the final championship very suspenseful.
In terms of the bookmaker's latest odds to win the title, Sabalenka is 1.53 to 1 ahead of Gauff's 2.62 to 1. Although the odds on paper support the Belarusian girl to have the last laugh, it does not mean that Gauff will definitely lose, and the American girl still hopes to have the last laugh and lift the championship trophy.
Gauff's first career Grand Slam final came at the French Open, and in 2022, when the American girl reached the final of this clay Grand Slam for the first time, she was praised by the outside world and finally fulfilled her name as a talented girl.
Unfortunately, she was unlucky at the time, and she met Swiatek in the final, and was eventually defeated, and her first Grand Slam trip ended in regret.
Returning to the top stage of the Roland Garros Championship after three years, Gauff recalled his first trip to the Grand Slam final that year, admitting that the loss was related to his super nervousness, "Before the game, my mind was blank, and I didn't even know what to do before the game. ”
When talking about Sabalenka, Gauff emphasized that the Belarusian girl belongs to the kind of opponent who hits the ball hard and attacks fiercely, and if you want to create a surprise, in addition to dealing with it with all your might, you must also plan before the game.
However, for the final victory, Gauff's mentality is very appreciative, and he admits that the result is not important to him, because there is always someone who will lose in the end, and if this person is himself, he will not be depressed, as long as he has worked hard, "Anyway, the sun will rise as usual the next day." ”
Sabalenka, as the biggest favorite to win the championship at the moment, has a significantly different mentality from Gauff, emphasizing that the purpose of fighting with all her strength is to win the final championship.
In an interview, the Belarusian girl stressed that her current confidence in herself on red clay is related to an old period of time that has been extremely despised by people.
"I've been told by a lot of people that I'm not good at clay, so I'm not very confident. In the past, I haven't been able to develop this potential. Sabalenka revealed that when she first entered the professional tennis world, she was told by some people that she could not play clay well, because she was not talented in this aspect and was brainwashed many times, which also made her very unconfident in fighting on clay, which is the core reason why she has not been able to play well in the French Open many times.
What makes Sabalenka feel like she has been led into such a dead end now is that she has found that the truth is not that she is getting better and better at her adaptation and feeling on clay, as some have previously said, and that she is not much less competitive than on hard ground.
"Now we've improved a lot of clay skills, so I feel comfortable on this kind of court and enjoy it." It is precisely because the perception of clay has been completely different from that of the present, and Sabalenka bluntly said that if she can win the title, she will feel that she has the whole world.
When talking about this women's singles title match, the outside world emphasized that this crucial match will be particularly motivated for Sabalenka and Gauff, and whoever wins will make their own history.
For Sabalenka, if she can have the last laugh at Roland Garros this time, she will not only make new personal history by winning the French Open for the first time, but also mean that she is one step closer to a professional Grand Slam title. Compared to hard and grass, clay has always been considered a difficult venue for anyone other than Swiatek, and if she gets her wish this time, then with the next Wimbledon match, the Belarusian girl can focus all her energy on Wimbledon and naturally increase her hopes of conquering the grass Grand Slam, after all, grass is also the type of court that Sabalenka is very good at.
For Gauff, a win over Sabalenka at the French Open would end the decade-long wait for the French Open title and become the second American woman to win at Roland Garros, the last time she won the French Open was in 2015.
In addition, if the American girl wins, it will also usher in another historic moment of her own: the number of Grand Slam champions will reach doubles, and she will tear off the Grand Slam label on her body in one fell swoop!
The much-anticipated Women's Singles title match will kick off at 9pm Beijing time today, and who will be able to make history by Sabalenka and Gauff who will take the Susan Lenglen Cup? See!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)