ROLAND GARROS, PARIS — In arguably the most anticipated women’s tennis match of the decade, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Iga Świątek Thursday to reach her first French Open final.

No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka has ended Iga Swiatek’s 26-match French Open winning streak and reached the final in Paris for the first time.

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,