PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local):
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3:45 p.m.
Iga Swiatek has taken the opening set of the French Open women's final against Coco Gauff by a 6-1 score.
Swiatek raced to a 4-0 lead as Gauff had trouble getting her shots to land where she wanted them.
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3:10 p.m.
The French Open women's final between No. 1 Iga Swiatek and 18-year-old American Coco Gauff has started under a partly cloudy sky with a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 Celsius).
Swiatek enters Saturday on a 34-match winning streak as she seeks her second title at Roland Garros. She won the tournament in 2020.
Gauff is appearing in a Grand Slam final for the first time.
The chair umpire is Damien Dumusois.
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1 p.m.
Coco Gauff is getting ready to face Iga Swiatek in the French Open women's singles final.
Gauff is an 18-year-old from Florida who is ranked No. 23 and participating in her first Grand Slam title match.
Swiatek is a 21-year-old from Poland who is ranked No. 1. She won the 2020 French Open and enters Saturday on a 34-match winning streak.
That is the longest in women's tennis since a 35-match run by Venus Williams in 2000.
Gauff and Swiatek have played each other twice before. Both matches were won by Swiatek in straight sets — last year on clay in Rome and this year on a hard court in Miami.
Gauff can extend a recent trend at Roland Garros: The past six women's title winners at the clay-court tournament were first-time Grand Slam champions.
The final is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time.
The men's singles final is Sunday, with 13-time champion Rafael Nadal playing 23-year-old Casper Ruud of Norway.
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