French Open 2022: Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff set up final meeting

06/03/2022

Iga Swiatek will meet Coco Gauff in a fresh-faced women’s singles final at Roland Garros.

Swiatek, 20, the world number one and top seed, swept aside Russia’s Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-1.

Gauff, the 18-year-old American, followed suit with a 6-3 6-1 victory over Italian Martina Trevisan.

Here, the PA news agency looks back at day 12 at the French Open.

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Gauff put in a fine display to secure a place in her first grand slam final. Trevisan made a lot of noise with her ear-splitting post-shot grunt but it could not knock the teenager out of her stride. Swiatek had earlier dismantled Kasatkina, winning 10 of the last 11 games and 20 of the final 23 points, finishing the job with an ace.

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Gauff is the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam women’s singles final since Maria Sharapova at 2004 Wimbledon.
The youngest player to reach the French Open women’s singles final since Kim Clijsters in 2001.
The youngest American to reach a Grand Slam women’s singles final since Serena Williams at the 1999 US Open.
The youngest American to reach the French Open women’s singles final since Andrea Jaeger in 1982.

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There’s so many things going on in the world, especially in the US. I think it’s not important to stress over a tennis match

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French Open 2022: Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff set up final meeting

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