00:00 Expected Alison and she was expected to get this way all along. She's been the world number one
00:05 And she's not just the defending champion
00:06 She's a two-time defending champion and she's actually even aiming for a fourth title this time around at the for the French Open
00:12 She won the last two in a row and yes
00:15 There was that big bump in the second round where she dropped a set against Naomi Osaka
00:18 It looks like she was almost going to be ending the tournament there
00:21 That would have been a massive massive surprise to see her exit in the second round
00:26 But she managed to climb back and since then has been ruthless with every one of her opponents
00:31 Especially in the last few games and today she's gonna be doing exactly that. She's the favorite. She's the favorite to once again
00:37 Defend her title as world's number one and also just for what she managed to bring on the court, which is of another level
00:45 There's already been comparisons
00:46 Which she says have come too early about her and Nadal and what Nadal was doing at her age at this point
00:52 But for her she says let's see what happens in the next 14 years to see whether she can deserve
00:56 Any any titles such as a queen of clay as Nadal is known as the king, of course
01:01 but of course coming up against her is Yasmin Paulini and she's been extremely impressive and
01:06 Everything has come out for her this year this this time last year. She's exited in the second round
01:12 Now she's in the final must be unbelievable for her to be able to just think that she managed to get this far
01:17 This year has been somewhat of a revelation for her
01:19 She reached the round of 16 in Australia
01:22 She won in Dubai as well a big win for her but to put things into perspective for you Allison
01:27 She's won two titles on the tour in all well
01:30 She goes Shontek has won 21
01:32 So if Paulini's third is gonna come at as a Grand Slam at Ronald Garros would be a massive surprise
01:37 but let's hope that we see some battle between the two and that nothing that the game doesn't look anything like some of the last
01:44 Games that Shontek has produced with 40-minute wins over her adversaries
01:48 Lapid last letting go of just a couple of games in there
01:52 So, let's see what happens if battle can be on for this women's final and see how a Paulini can impress
01:58 ahead against Igor Shontek world number one
