The suspense didn't last very long.
American Cori "Coco" Gauff, 18 and seeded No. 18, qualified for her first Grand Slam final without shaking, beating Italy's Trevisan (6-3, 6-1).
The Atlanta native, who has been part of the Mouratoglou academy since a young age, will only have trembled a little at the start of the match and in a game of more than fifteen minutes at 2-1 in the second set to giving yourself an already decisive break.
The youngest finalist at Roland-Garros since Kim Clijsters in 2001!@CocoGauff, 18, joins world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the final of this 2022 edition of Roland-Garros đ#RGsurPrime #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/L1wnq7ClKL
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Last year, the former junior world vice-champion, who revealed herself in 2019 by reaching the knockout stages at Wimbledon at just 15 years old after qualifying, had already reached the quarter-finals on clay. Parisian.
This time, Gauff, who won the junior event four years ago, is the youngest player since Kim Clijsters in 2001 to qualify for the Roland-Garros final.
The task looks very delicate against the invincible Iga Swiatek.
A little earlier in the afternoon, the Polish, winner in 2020, signed her 34th consecutive victory against the Russian KasatkinaâŠ