<p>Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory.</p>.<p>The 21-year-old Polish star stormed to a 6-1, 6-3 win in only 68 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier, equalling Venus Williams' record for the longest winning run by a woman in the 21st century.</p>.<p>Swiatek celebrated her sixth straight title this year in the players' box with her friends and family.</p>.<p>"I told Coco 'Don't cry' and that's what I am doing. Congrats to Coco," said an emotional Swiatek.</p>.<p>"You are doing an amazing job. At your age, I was on my first year on tour and I did not know what I was doing. You will find it, I am sure of that."</p>.<p>A disconsolate Gauff was left sitting on her seat in tears after a nervous performance, punctuated by 23 unforced errors and three double faults.</p>.<p>The 18-year-old American came up short in her bid to become the youngest Grand Slam singles champion since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004.</p>.<p>"I want to congratulate Iga, what you've done on tour in these past couple of months has been amazing," said Gauff, as the tears flowed again when she thanked her team.</p>.<p>"I hope we can play in more finals and maybe I can win one... I want to thank my team, I'm sorry I couldn't get this one today."</p>.<p>Swiatek, only the 10th woman to win multiple French Opens in the Open era, lost just one set in the tournament -- against China's Zheng Qinwen in the fourth round.</p>.<p>She has now won all three of her career meetings with Gauff, who was playing in her first major final.</p>.<p>Gauff will now turn her attentions to Sunday's doubles final, where she will face home favourites Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic alongside compatriot Jessica Pegula.</p>.<p>Swiatek improved her remarkable record in finals, having won her last nine on the WTA Tour.</p>.<p>Swiatek expressed her support for Ukraine during the trophy presentation, despite saying before the final that she does not feel ready to speak about off-court issues.</p>.<p>"I want to say to Ukraine, 'Stay strong'. The war is still there," she said, to cheers from the stands.</p>.<p>Gauff looked nervous in the opening exchanges and a flurry of unforced errors handed Swiatek a break in the very first game.</p>.<p>The 18th seed found herself 3-0 and a double break down just 16 minutes into the match, as Swiatek's powerful backhand helped her win a lengthy third game on her fifth break point.</p>.<p>Gauff finally got on the board with a scrappy hold to the delight of the crowd, but she had dropped a set for the first time in the tournament just minutes later.</p>.<p>Swiatek was not playing her best, but a cross-court backhand winner brought up two set points and she took the second opportunity when Gauff fired wide.</p>.<p>The Pole gifted her opponent a potential route back into the match, making four unforced errors to throw away her serve in the first game of the second set.</p>.<p>Swiatek recomposed herself though as the mistakes continued to come from Gauff, breaking back to level at 2-2.</p>.<p>She made it five straight games to move within one of the title, losing only five points in the process.</p>.<p>Gauff dug deep to force Swiatek to serve for the trophy.</p>.<p>But the top seed did just that on her first match point, dropping to the red clay in celebration as Gauff sent a return flying long.</p>.<p>Later Saturday, Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador became Central America's first Grand Slam champion when he teamed with Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands to win the men's doubles title.</p>.<p>The 12th seeds saved three match points in defeating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of the United States 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in a little over three hours.</p>
<p>Iga Swiatek cruised to her second French Open title by dominating teenager Coco Gauff in the final on Saturday, as the world number one claimed her 35th successive victory.</p>.<p>The 21-year-old Polish star stormed to a 6-1, 6-3 win in only 68 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier, equalling Venus Williams' record for the longest winning run by a woman in the 21st century.</p>.<p>Swiatek celebrated her sixth straight title this year in the players' box with her friends and family.</p>.<p>"I told Coco 'Don't cry' and that's what I am doing. Congrats to Coco," said an emotional Swiatek.</p>.<p>"You are doing an amazing job. At your age, I was on my first year on tour and I did not know what I was doing. You will find it, I am sure of that."</p>.<p>A disconsolate Gauff was left sitting on her seat in tears after a nervous performance, punctuated by 23 unforced errors and three double faults.</p>.<p>The 18-year-old American came up short in her bid to become the youngest Grand Slam singles champion since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004.</p>.<p>"I want to congratulate Iga, what you've done on tour in these past couple of months has been amazing," said Gauff, as the tears flowed again when she thanked her team.</p>.<p>"I hope we can play in more finals and maybe I can win one... I want to thank my team, I'm sorry I couldn't get this one today."</p>.<p>Swiatek, only the 10th woman to win multiple French Opens in the Open era, lost just one set in the tournament -- against China's Zheng Qinwen in the fourth round.</p>.<p>She has now won all three of her career meetings with Gauff, who was playing in her first major final.</p>.<p>Gauff will now turn her attentions to Sunday's doubles final, where she will face home favourites Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic alongside compatriot Jessica Pegula.</p>.<p>Swiatek improved her remarkable record in finals, having won her last nine on the WTA Tour.</p>.<p>Swiatek expressed her support for Ukraine during the trophy presentation, despite saying before the final that she does not feel ready to speak about off-court issues.</p>.<p>"I want to say to Ukraine, 'Stay strong'. The war is still there," she said, to cheers from the stands.</p>.<p>Gauff looked nervous in the opening exchanges and a flurry of unforced errors handed Swiatek a break in the very first game.</p>.<p>The 18th seed found herself 3-0 and a double break down just 16 minutes into the match, as Swiatek's powerful backhand helped her win a lengthy third game on her fifth break point.</p>.<p>Gauff finally got on the board with a scrappy hold to the delight of the crowd, but she had dropped a set for the first time in the tournament just minutes later.</p>.<p>Swiatek was not playing her best, but a cross-court backhand winner brought up two set points and she took the second opportunity when Gauff fired wide.</p>.<p>The Pole gifted her opponent a potential route back into the match, making four unforced errors to throw away her serve in the first game of the second set.</p>.<p>Swiatek recomposed herself though as the mistakes continued to come from Gauff, breaking back to level at 2-2.</p>.<p>She made it five straight games to move within one of the title, losing only five points in the process.</p>.<p>Gauff dug deep to force Swiatek to serve for the trophy.</p>.<p>But the top seed did just that on her first match point, dropping to the red clay in celebration as Gauff sent a return flying long.</p>.<p>Later Saturday, Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador became Central America's first Grand Slam champion when he teamed with Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands to win the men's doubles title.</p>.<p>The 12th seeds saved three match points in defeating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of the United States 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 in a little over three hours.</p>