Coco Gauff keeps it closer than last year's final, but she loses to Iga Swiatek — who is the No. 1 seed at the French Open — for the seventh time in seven tries.
These two players ranked Nos. 6 and 1 did have to wait a good while before walking out to the court in the sunshine given the duration of the opening match. That one pitted Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the 2022 Wimbledon and U.S. Open finalist ranked No. 7, against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the queen of marathons around here this fortnight.
Just as Haddad Maia’s previous three matches had lasted two hours, 43 minutes, 2:48 and 3:51, with that last one the longest tour-level match of 2023, this one required two hours, 29 minutes. When Haddad Maia won it 3-6, 7-6 , 6-1, in a third set packed with close games and deuces, a sliver of tennis history had happened.
Shortly thereafter, Gauff and then Swiatek emerged in the endless French sunshine to a sparse crowd that did pick up as the match went along, as if the French had left behind their lunchtime wines at last. The crowd seemed slightly tilted toward Gauff but appreciative of both, sometimes shouting the now-familiar tennis words “Coco” and “Iga,” all as a budding dynasty kept budding.
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