Realising a long-held ambition, American tennis prodigy Coco Gauff secured her second Grand Slam title at the French Open, overcoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a victory fuelled by a pre-emptive affirmation strategy gleaned from Olympic gold medallist Gabby Thomas; Gauff, widely considered the underdog, internalised the champion's mindset through repeated written declarations of her impending triumph, thereby cultivating an unassailable on-court composure that contrasted starkly with Sabalenka's palpable emotional turbulence, a testament to Gauff's evolving praxis of pre-match catharsis designed to ensure equanimity under pressure, as she now looks ahead to the grass-court season, potentially including a foray into the Berlin tournament, before embarking on her Wimbledon campaign.