Lydia Ko repeatedly closed her eyes and took slow breaths, while using soft approaches and clutch putts to hold a narrow lead and earn Olympic gold Saturday in the Paris 2024 women's golf tournament.

"My first final here, I was super nervous, and I kind of wrote myself off before the match even happened," said Gauff, who is 5-5 against Sabalenka and beat her for the 2023 U.S. Open title at age 19.

Tennis Coco Gauff tops Aryna Sabalenka to give the French Open an American champion With the win, Gauff became the first American champion in Paris, woman or man, since Serena Williams in 2015.

These two actually met on the clay last month. In the final of the Madrid Open, Sabalenka knocked off Gauff in straight sets. The two are 5-5 against one another, including 1-1 in major matches.

Coco Gauff has beaten Loïs Boisson in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) to make her second French Open final. The U.S. No. 1 came through a potentially tricky test very easily, taking advantage of her ...