Iga Swiatek (WTA 1) confirmed her status as the patron saint of women’s tennis by triumphing for the second time at Roland-Garros. The 21-year-old Polish won 6-1 6-3 once morest American Coco Gauff (WTA 23) in the final on clay in Paris.
Already crowned in 2020 at Porte d’Auteuil, Iga Swiatek now has 9 titles to her name, including 6 won consecutively in Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome and therefore Roland-Garros, for a total of 35 victories. in a row!
The Pole equaled the longest winning streak of the 2000s on Saturday (35, by Venus Williams in 2000). Propelled to the top of the hierarchy on April 4 following the retirement of Ashleigh Barty, she had begun to sweep everything in her path from the end of February in Doha. She has only dropped 6 sets in her last 35 matches…
Coco Gauff might do nothing to stop Iga Swiatek’s triumphal march. Necessarily nervous for her first appearance in the Grand Slam final, the 18-year-old American missed her start to the match, conceding her first 2 service games to quickly find herself trailing 4-0.
A tiny drop in speed
His task already seemed insurmountable. Child prodigy revealed at the age of 15 already with an 8th final at Wimbledon in 2019, Coco Gauff has shown some bits of her immense talent. The future 13th player in the world even led 2-0 in the second set, also thanks to a slight drop in speed from her opponent.
But Iga Swiatek quickly regained his relaxation, once once more putting all the necessary intensity into his shots, especially on his formidable forehand. The Polish won 5 games in a row to take away all hope for Coco Gauff, concluding this game on her first match point following only 68′ of play.
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Swiatek in tears during the ceremony
Iga Swiatek was in tears as she listened to her national anthem at the awards ceremony. “I’m glad the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. We worked a lot to get here, thank you for everything“, she said, addressing her staff. “It was already incredible to win here two years ago, because I never thought I would get there one day. I did everything to find this level“, she added. “The pressure was enormous“, further underlined the Polish.
Juniors: Céline Naef beaten in the girls’ doubles final
Céline Naef failed in the girls’ doubles final for juniors at Roland-Garros. The 16-year-old Schwyzer and her Czech partner Nikola Bartunkova lost 6-3 6-3 in the final to Czech pair Sara Bejlek/Lucie Havlickova, seeded No. 1 in the table.
WTA ‘s-Hertogenbosch: Bencic-Brengle in the 1st round
Belinda Bencic (WTA 14) will start her season on grass next week in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, where she reached the final in 2015. Seeded no. American Madison Brengle (WTA 57).
Viktorija Golubic (WTA 53) will be in contention on the lawn of Nottingham. The Zurich, quarter-finalist at Wimbledon last year, will not have an easy task in the 1st round: she will challenge the Briton Emma Raducanu (WTA 12), winner of the last US Open.
