Sabalenka ends Swiatek's shot at French history

PARIS -- No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reached the last successful Paris for the archetypal clip by winning a back-and-forth semifinal 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 connected Thursday.

Sabalenka's triumph prevented Swiatek from becoming the archetypal pistillate to triumph 4 consecutive championships astatine the clay-court Grand Slam tourney since professionals were admitted successful 1968.

It besides gives Sabalenka a accidental to triumph her 4th large rubric -- and archetypal distant from hard courts, aft 2 astatine the Australian Open and 1 astatine the US Open.

Sabalenka volition look No. 2 Coco Gauff oregon 361st-ranked French wild-card introduction Lois Boisson successful the last Saturday.

The 27-year-old from Belarus took the apical WTA ranking from Swiatek successful October.