US Open champion Sloane Stephens takes on World No 1 Simona Halep in the French Open final. Follow our live blog for scores and updates from Roland Garros.

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Halep has won the last two matches that they played and the two only two on clay as well.

A very high-quality set of tennis that goes the American's way. She is one set away from winning her second Grand Slam trophy.

We are going to a decider. This match deserves a third set.

Halep defeats Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in just over two hours to lift her first Grand Slam trophy.

The American was trailing 0-30 and was then forced to deuce but she finally holds after Halep nets a backhand.

Stephens digs out a very difficult hold to finally get on the board in the third set. 1-5.

Halep defeats Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in just over two hours to lift her first Grand Slam trophy.

Halep becomes the first Romanian woman since Virginia Ruzici in 1978 to win a Grand Slam.

She shares a long, emotional hug with Darren Cahill, then her parents and agent Virginia Ruzici.

Halep rushes to her player's box and climbs to greet her team after the win!

"Simona, the trophy looks great on you, no one else I would lose to than the No. 1 in the world so congratulations!"

"Thank you everyone for two incredible weeks. Not the trophy I wanted but it’s still beautiful so thank you guys.

"I have been dreaming of this moment since I was 14 and I'm glad it happened in Paris."

"Last year it was tough to talk because I lost this match, but now it's really emotional to talk as the winner. I wanted this trophy to be here in France.

Simona Halep very emotional as she gives her winning speech:

Ten years ago in 2008, @Simona_Halep won the junior title at Roland Garros. Today, she wins her first Grand Slam at Roland Garros. #RG18 pic.twitter.com/mKWXdio7IJ

Before we forget, take a look at the stats from Halep's win:

Halep is the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam singles trophy. Her manager, Virginia Ruzici, won the French Open 40 years ago.

This is Halep's first Grand Slam title after she lost twice in the French Open final and was runner-up at the Australian Open earlier this year.

And do join us tomorrow for the men's singles final -- Rafael Nadal vs Dominic Thiem.

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When the French Open final was played a year ago, Sloane Stephens was nowhere near Roland Garros. She was in Chicago with coach Kamau Murray, working her way back from a foot injury that required surgery and sidelined her for 11 months.

"Indoors on a hard court. Getting ready for grass. Barely walking. Playing tennis next to a bunch of five and six-year-old screaming kids," Murray recalled. "So to be here from there, I think, is rewarding, because those times were not easy."

The times are good now. Stephens closed in on her second Grand Slam title by beating pal Madison Keys 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday in the first all-American semi-final at the French Open since 2002. It also was a rematch of the US Open final won by Stephens last September.

"It's always hard playing someone from your country and such a good friend," Stephens said, "so I was really pleased to be able to get through that and play some good tennis."

The 10th-seeded Stephens' opponent in Saturday's final will be Simona Halep, who emphatically ended the impressive French Open run of 2016 champion Garbine Muguruza by defeating her 6-1, 6-4.

Halep, who assured herself of retaining the No 1 ranking with the victory, earned a fourth chance to win her first major title.

She twice has lost in the final at Roland Garros — to Maria Sharapova in 2014 and to Jelena Ostapenko in 2017 — and was the runner-up to Caroline Wozniacki at the Australian Open in January.

Stephens enters Saturday's French Open final against No 1 Halep with a 6-0 record in tournament title matches.

"I'm pretty calm on the court all the time, I'd say. I don't get too up, too down," Stephens said. "I think that it has helped me."

Halep, meanwhile, is 0-3 with a Grand Slam trophy at stake.

"Hopefully," Halep said, "tomorrow, I will be better than previous ones."

Here's something the women who meet for the championship at Roland Garros do have in common: They rarely seem to let a point end quickly.

Halep, a 26-year-old Romanian, and the 10th-seeded Stephens, a 25-year-old American, are among the best there is right now at using instinct and speed to track down tough-to-reach shots and force opponents to hit another.

And that's not to say they're merely content to push balls back. Both have learned to pick the right spots to be aggressive and are quite capable of switching from retriever to attacker in a blink.

Their contrasting personalities and similar styles of play promise an intriguing final at Roland Garros on Saturday.

With inputs from agencies