Gauff won her first Roland Garros title by playing the conditions and the occasion with more evenness than Sabalenka.

Sabalenka has been heavily criticised for attributing the result to her mistakes rather than Gauff's performance, describing it as the worst final she had played.

Aryna Sabalenka says she has written to Coco Gauff to apologize for the “unprofessional” comments she made following her loss to her American rival in the final of the French Open.