The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open.

The second-ranked American coolly overcomes a first-set loss to knock off the top-ranked Belarusian for her second Grand Slam trophy and her first in Paris.

Paris in the spring, the red clay of Roland-Garros, and the chance to become a French Open champion.It was 2022 and she was still a teenager who’d never won a major. But before she knew it, the whole thing was over.