Realising a long-cherished aspiration, American tennis prodigy Coco Gauff annexed her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, overcoming top seed Aryna Sabalenka in a masterclass of psychological fortitude, a mindset cultivated through adopting Olympic gold medallist Gabby Thomas's practice of scripting self-affirmations; Gauff, pre-emptively envisioning triumph, repeatedly inscribed her impending Roland Garros victory. This unwavering mental discipline enabled Gauff to maintain an imperturbable and preternaturally focused affect, contrasting sharply with Sabalenka's palpable struggle to regulate her emotional equilibrium, Gauff herself having discovered the efficacy of cathartically releasing pre-match tensions to optimise in-game composure; post-triumph, Gauff is slated to participate in the grass-court season, with a potential sojourn to the Berlin tournament preceding her Wimbledon campaign.