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No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka ends Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reaches the final
- Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Swiatek in the 2025 Roland Garros semi-final, ending Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak on June 5, 2025.
- Swiatek had won the previous three French Opens and sought a historic fourth successive title but struggled throughout 2025 leading up to this match.
- Sabalenka lost only one set all tournament before overpowering Swiatek 7-6, 4-6, 6-0 with commanding returns and powerful groundstrokes in the final set.
- Swiatek made 12 unforced errors and won six points in the third set while Sabalenka advanced to her first French Open final and fifth Grand Slam final in six appearances.
- Sabalenka now aims for her first clay-court major and fourth Grand Slam title overall as she prepares to face Coco Gauff, who reached the final after defeating French qualifier Lois Boisson.
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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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