Gauff and Sabalenka are the top-ranked women's tennis players. They also have — and covet — less tangible things that the other possesses.

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.

Aryna Sabalenka's power was too much for Iga Swiatek, who was looking to become the first female player in the Open era since 1968 to win four consecutive titles in Paris.