No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has ended Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open winning streak and reached the final in Paris for the first time.

Because of how different clay court tennis is stylistically from hard court or grass court, the French Open lends itself to dominance by players that have mastered that surface. On the men's side, we saw Rafael Nadal lord over the clay for nearly two decades,

The World No 1 defeated the three-time defending champion 7-6 4-6 6-0 and will play either Coco Gauff or Lois Boisson in the final