Because of how different clay court tennis is stylistically from hard court or grass court, the French Open lends itself to dominance by players that have mastered that surface. On the men's side, we saw Rafael Nadal lord over the clay for nearly two decades,

The ‘shocking’ truth behind Aryna Sabalenka’s French Open destruction of Iga Swiatek - Sabalenka won 19 of the final 21 points to power over the finish line against the three-time defending champion,

No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka ended Iga Swiatek's 26-match French Open winning streak and reached the final in Paris for the first time by winning a back-and-forth semifinal 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0.