Gauff wins her first Roland Garros title
▲ The American now has two French Open trophies after winning the doubles last year. AP Photo
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La Jornada Newspaper, Sunday, June 8, 2025, p. a11
Paris. American Coco Gauff won her first Roland Garros title, defeating world number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-7 (7/5), 6-2, 6-4 yesterday in the final.
Second-seeded Gauff prevailed in a tense, momentum-swinging match to claim her second major trophy after winning the 2023 US Open, where she also rallied from a set down to beat Sabalenka.
The 21-year-old tennis player raised the trophy, kissed it several times, and placed her hand on her heart as the U.S. national anthem played.
It was the first final between the world number one and number two in Paris since 2013, when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova.
After Sabalenka sent a backhand wide on Gauff's second match point, Gauff fell onto her back, covered her face with both hands as she began to sob, and then stood up.
After greeting Sabalenka at the net with a warm hug and thanking the umpire, Gauff screamed with joy and relief, then knelt and leaned forward.
He later celebrated with his team in their box, three years after losing his first Roland Garros final.
Coco became the third African-American tennis player to win the French Open after Althea Gibson in 1956 and Serena Williams in 2015.
Love of the public
In her on-court speech, Gauff said the 2022 loss at age 18 put her in a dark place
, and then thanked the fans on Court Philippe Chatrier.
The crowd really helped me, you guys cheered me on a lot and I don't know what I did to deserve so much love from the French public, but I appreciate it, guys
, he expressed.
Sabalenka, who was in tears moments before giving her speech, praised Gauff for being a fighter
and said she deserved the win, but added that windy conditions made the match error-ridden.
“This will hurt a lot. Coco , congratulations. You were a better player than me in the tough conditions. Well done, two great weeks, and congratulations on your second Grand Slam , it's well deserved,” she said.
The Belarusian started the deciding set strongly, sticking to her high-risk approach to win her first service game.
Gauff responded and raised her level, winning a magnificent rally in the third game that drew loud cheers and applause from the crowd. The American was consistent from the baseline and earned a break point, converting when Sabalenka double-faulted, giving her a 2-1 lead.
The European turned to her box and screamed in frustration, but then regained her composure and broke again to tie the match at 3.
However, she was broken again at love, and Gauff held serve twice to claim the title after 2 hours and 38 minutes of play.
Mexicans Carrasquedo and Rivera make it 2-1 in Eurocup 3 in Portugal
From the Editorial Staff
La Jornada Newspaper, Sunday, June 8, 2025, p. a11
Mexican drivers Jesse Carrasquedo and Ernesto Rivera took first and second place, respectively, in the first race of the second round of the Eurocup-3, held yesterday at the Algarve International Raceway in Portimão, Portugal.
Carrasquedo, 18, originally from León, Guanajuato, had qualified second for the first of two races scheduled for yesterday, after clocking a lap time of 1:39.902 on the 4,653-kilometer track, a position from which he started to fight for victory.
The Escudería Telmex Telcel driver faced a close battle with his compatriot, who was only 16 years old and tried repeatedly to overtake him; however, he was unable to do so. Polish driver Kacper Sztuka, who started from pole position , crossed the finish line in third place, ahead of Frenchman Jules Caranta.
Sztuka had made a good start, but after the immediate intervention of the safety car due to contact between the Russian Alexander Abkhazava, the American Garrett Berry and the Dane Theodor Jensen at turn five of the first lap, he was surprised by Carrasquedo, who took first place, leaving the Pole in second place, who even fell to fifth place.
Running in first place, Carrasquedo held off the attacks of Rivera, a Mexico City native who became dangerous at the restart following the second safety car following Berry's retirement. A brief duel then erupted between the two tricolors, but the Leonese driver soon pulled away to win his second race after the one he contested in Alcañiz in 2024, also in Eurocup 3.
It was fantastic to be able to fight with Ernesto and win the duel, but it was also a great happiness to get that 1-2 for Mexico
, declared Carrasquedo, who in the second race started from 11th place on the reverse grid to finish sixth.
Fellow tricolor Cristian Cantú finished in 16th place in the first competition, while in the next he finished in 15th place.
The second round of the 2025 Eurocup 3 season will conclude this Sunday.
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