France, June 6 -- The Coupe Suzanne Lenglen - the trophy awarded to the women's singles champion at the French Open - will be adorned with a new name on Saturday afternoon after top seed Aryna Sabalenka and second seed Coco Gauff finish their battle to be that inscription.

It will be their 11th confrontation on the WTA circuit since 2020 but their first at the French Open.

"Winning is going to mean everything to me and my team," said Sabalenka who beat the defending champion Iga Swiatek in the semi-final on Thursday.

"Ihave to say that almost like the whole of my life I've been told that clay is not my thing and then I didn't have any confidence."

The 27-year-old has given the lie to that barb. Three of her 20 titles have come on clay...