Aryna Sabalenka revelled in her "incredible" victory over reigning champion Iga Swiatek, after booking her place in a first French Open final.

The world number one ended the four-time winner's quest for a fourth straight title at Roland-Garros, with a 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-0 success on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

Sabalanka surpassed Swiatek (five) by reaching a tour-leading sixth major final this decade, while she is the third player in the 2000s to reach multiple grand slam showpieces in three or more consecutive years, after Serena (2008 to 2010) and Venus Williams (2000 to 2003).

The 27-year-old also became the first player since Serena Williams in 2016 to reach the final of three consecutive women's singles major events (also doing so at the 2024 US Open and this year's Australian Open).

"Honestly, it feels incredible, but I also understand the job is not done yet," said Sabalenka, who will play Coco Gauff in Saturday's final. 

"I'm just thrilled with my performance today, and with the win.

"Iga [Swiatek] is the toughest opponent, especially on the clay and at Roland-Garros. I'm proud that I was able to get this win.

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"It was a tough match, it was tricky, but I managed it somehow, and I'm super proud right now."

Meanwhile, Swiatek saw her 26-match winning streak at Roland-Garros come to an end, as she suffered her first defeat at the clay-court major in 1,457 days.

And the Pole acknowledged Sabalenka's pace and power ultimately proved too much for her.

"I think the pace from her was super fast," she said. "Especially at the beginning of the match, she just played as hard as possible and pretty risky. So, it was just hard to get into any rally.

"I was then able to do that, and I could build a rally a little bit. But in the third set, I feel like we came back to what happened in the first. She used her chances, and I didn't really keep up what I was doing in the second set."