The one question mark CoCo Vandeweghe has about Coco Gauff ahead of French Open final against Aryna Sabalenka

Coco Gauff has set up what promises to be a blockbuster French Open final against Aryna Sabalenka.

The World number one defeated Iga Swiatek to reach the championship match, while Gauff swiftly defeated Lois Boisson 6-1, 6-2 to make her second Roland Garros final. Gauff and Sabalenka are the WTA‘s top two-ranked players.

Saturday’s championship match will be the first time that the World number one and two will play each other in a Grand Slam final since 2018.

This has happened at the French Open for the first time since 2013 and both Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka will try to win the clay court major for the first time.

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CoCo Vandeweghe has a question mark over Coco Gauff ahead of the French Open final

Gauff has been impressive at the French Open and has dropped just one set on the way to the final.

Gauff came from a set down to defeat Madison Keys in the quarter-finals, before breezing past Boisson in Thursday’s semi-final.

Sabalenka ended Swiatek’s 26-match win streak at Roland Garros in three sets, something Coco Vandeweghe thinks is an advantage the Belarusian has over Gauff ahead of the final.

“I think Sabalenka is a lot more mentally satisfying and she will be a lot looser coming into this final and I think this is the most important thing for Sabalenka,” Vandeweghe told TNT Sports. “Now for Gauff, this is the match where it really starts to turn.

“I think Boisson as much as we love the fairytale, it was a great moment for the French fans but I think Coco maybe isn’t as tested as Sabalenka is. Sure it was a tough match against Madi Keys but where is the test in the semi-final?

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“That is usually where you see the best of the best play and a Cinderella story upsets that a little bit, so I am wondering where Coco Gauff will be mentally as far as being tested and match tough.”

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Coco Gauff looks ahead to the French Open final against Aryna Sabalenka

Gauff is now preparing for her second French Open final, three years after her first.

She faced Swiatek in her first final and in 2022 she will take on another formidable opponent in Sabalenka.

Gauff and Sabalenka have played one another 10 times and have five wins apiece, with their most recent meeting coming in the Madrid Open final in May, which Sabalenka won in straight sets.

The American did win their only other meeting in a Grand Slam, which came at the 2023 US Open. Sabalenka took the lead that day but Gauff turned the tables and lifted her first Grand Slam title.

Gauff will aim to repeat that feat in Paris on Saturday, but Sabalenka will have other ideas.

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