Because of how different clay court tennis is stylistically from hard court or grass court, the French Open lends itself to dominance by players that have mastered that surface. On the men's side, we saw Rafael Nadal lord over the clay for nearly two decades,

ROLAND GARROS, PARIS — In arguably the most anticipated women’s tennis match of the decade, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Świątek Thursday to reach her first French Open final.

Aryna Sabalenka kept it as respectful as possible following her big French Open win over Iga Swiatek as the Belarusian thought both played at a very high level, with the only difference being that the Pole may have lost her a confidence a bit when it mattered the most.