Coco Gauff, the ascendant American tennis phenom, annexed her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, a coveted prize that had long animated her ambitions, overcoming world number one Aryna Sabalenka in a compelling dénouement; Gauff, galvanised by Olympic gold medallist Gabby Thomas's practice of auto-suggestive inscription, had pre-emptively affirmed her impending triumph through iterative written declarations, a psychological stratagem that seemingly inoculated her against the pressures of the final, enabling her to maintain an imperturbable equanimity in the face of Sabalenka's demonstrable emotional volatility, a contrast attributable, in part, to Gauff's predilection for cathartic emotional release prior to competition, thereby facilitating a preternatural on-court composure; post-victory, Gauff is slated to embark upon the grass-court season, potentially assaying the Berlin tournament as a prelude to her Wimbledon campaign.