Coco Gauff puts an end to a French fairytale as she advances to Roland Garros final against Aryna Sabalenka

The final in the women’s tournament at Roland Garros is set after Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff put an end to two historic runs in Paris, with the American Gauff breaking French hearts in the process.

The final in the women’s tournament at Roland Garros is set after Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff put an end to two historic runs in Paris, with the American Gauff breaking French hearts in the process. Gauff’s dominant 6-1, 6-2 win over France’s Lois Boisson halted the story of this major after Boisson’s underdog run inspired the host nation. Boisson entered the tournament as the No. 361 player in the world and upset two top 10 players on her way to the tournament’s semifinals. But the fatigue of the Cinderella story appeared to catch up with Boisson, a day after a dramatic win over No. 6 Mirra Andreeva. The Frenchwoman received a massive ovation from the crowd at Court Philippe-Chartier as she walked off the famous clay. Gauff simply blew past Boisson, breaking her serve in the opening game and claiming the first four games of the match before Boisson could halt her momentum briefly to get on the board. It took 38 minutes for Gauff to put Boisson away in the first set and the match in total lasted a little more than an hour. Boisson and Gauff both held serve to start the second set, but Gauff got a break point in the fourth game and there was no coming back for the French underdog after that. Boisson made 33 unforced errors to Gauff’s 15 and could not muster the same kind of groundswell of emotion that carried her past Andreeva and world No. 3 Jessica Pegula in her previous two matches.