Iga Swiatek has despatched heat messages to Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz after each gamers gained titles on the 2025 French Open.
Earlier than this 12 months’s match, Swiatek had gained the final three French Open titles. Nevertheless, she didn’t attain the ultimate this time. As a substitute, it was Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka who confronted off for the ladies’s title, with Gauff coming from behind to beat the world primary 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4 and win her first French Open crown.
Belarusian star Sabalenka later stated she believed Swiatek would have gained the ultimate if she had performed Gauff, but it surely was Gauff who lifted the trophy.
On the lads’s facet, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz gained his first French Open title by defeating world primary Jannik Sinner within the remaining.
Swiatek took to Instagram to replicate on her time in Paris and to congratulate each champions. She wrote:
“Thanks Paris and Roland Garros! It’s been an incredible time on and off the court docket with some nice challenges and high-quality matches. I’m very happy with the work we’ve achieved with my group, and I’ve learnt quite a bit. Yearly in Paris offers me power for the remainder of the season, and now I’m beginning my grass court docket preparations very quickly.”
She added:
“Congrats Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz in your trophies – we’ve seen some completely wonderful tennis from each of you. Wow.”
Gauff, clearly touched by the message, replied: “Thanks a lot Iga !”
Swiatek’s variety phrases replicate the mutual respect that has develop into extra widespread in ladies’s tennis just lately. Gamers like Gauff, Pegula, and Paolini are a part of a close-knit group pushing each other to enhance, whilst fierce rivalries develop on court docket.
There’s rising discuss that Gauff and Sabalenka may develop into the subsequent massive rivalry in ladies’s tennis. The 2 have already met in high-stakes matches, together with final month’s Madrid Open remaining, the place Sabalenka gained in straight units.
Trying on the newest WTA rankings, Sabalenka is now world primary, with Gauff shut behind in second. Swiatek, who held the highest spot for a very long time, has now slipped to seventh after her early exit in Paris.
Because the grass court docket season begins, tennis followers will likely be holding an in depth eye on these thrilling rivalries – and on how Swiatek responds to her French Open setback.
