Coco Gauff says she has learned the lessons of her last French Open final as she prepares for another shot at the title against Aryna Sabalenka on Saturday. 

Gauff last reached this stage of the tournament at Roland-Garros in 2022, but was comfortably beaten by defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-1 6-3. 

This is the 21-year-old's third grand slam final, and first since 2023, when she beat this weekend's opponent, Sabalenka, in the showpiece match at the US Open. 

Gauff has impressed in the French capital this year, dropping just one set to Madison Keys in the quarter-finals before rolling past wildcard Lois Boisson in the final four. 

Indeed, Gauff is the youngest player since the Madrid Open's inception in 2009 to reach the finals in Madrid, Rome and at Roland-Garros in a single calendar year.

And the American feels she is now better equipped to add a maiden French Open title to the US Open she won two years ago.

"My first final here, I was super nervous, and I kind of wrote myself off before the match even happened," she said.

"Obviously, here I have a lot more confidence just from playing a grand slam final before and doing well in one.

"I think going into Saturday, I'll just give it my best shot and try to be as calm and relaxed as possible. Whatever happens, happens.

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"I think just realising how minuscule it is, everybody is dealing with way bigger things in life than losing a final. And realising however many players wanted to be in this position.

"I'm sure there are hundreds of players who would kill to win or lose a final, so just knowing that makes me realise how lucky and privileged I am to be in this position.

"At first, I thought it would be the end of the world if I lost, but you know, the sun still rose the next day. So knowing, regardless of the result, the sun will still rise.

"Especially being in a city like Paris, I was walking around the next day, and no one knew that I lost, and no one cared.

"I was just realising that how big the moment seems in our lives is not as big in the grand scheme of things."

Saturday's final will see the world number one and two face each other in a women's singles grand slam final for the first time since the Australian Open in 2018. 

It is also the first time this has happened at Roland-Garros since 2013, when Serena Williams claimed her second French Open title against Maria Sharapova.