Three years ago, Coco Gauff stood at the Philippe-Chatrier, teary-eyed, watching Iga Swiatek receive the Roland Garros trophy. The scoreboard had read 6-1, 6-3, a brutal reminder of how far she still had to go. Today, the 2023 US Open champion returns to the centre court, not as a teary finalist, but as WTA No. 2 and a player reborn, having finally tamed the double faults that once haunted her game.<\/p>
Waiting on the other side is France’s Cinderella, Lois Boisson, ranked WTA No. 361. Her run has stunned the fraternity, dispatching WTA No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the fourth round and WTA No. 6 Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals. With the magic in her swing, Boisson now stands just two steps away from her Roland Garros fairytale ending. So, who will prevail?<\/p>
Coco Gauff has rediscovered her form on clay after a turbulent start to this season. Following a quarterfinal finish at the Melbourne Slam, the WTA No. 2 suffered early exits in the Qatar Open, the Dubai Tennis Championships (Round 32), the Indian Wells (Round 16), and the Miami Open (Round 16). However, when she moved to the clay season, her game changed altogether. <\/p>
Gauff reached the quarterfinals in Stuttgart, then stormed into back-to-back finals in the Madrid Open and the Italian Open, falling to Aryna Sabalenka and Jasmine Paolini, respectively. Her 2025 clay record now stands at 13–4.<\/strong> At the French Open, she has dropped just two sets en route to the semifinals, including a commanding 6-0, 7-5<\/strong> win over Ekaterina Alexandrova. Post-victory, she confidently admitted, “I move well on clay… this is the most physical surface<\/em>.” <\/p>