Why Iga Swiatek is the woman to beat at this year’s French Open
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It’s Iga Swiatek’s time and we’re all just watching. With the two-set win over Ons Jabeur in Rome, 6-2, 6-2, Polish sensation Iga Swiatek has gotten used to hoisting silverware above her head in celebration.
The Italian Open victory caps off a year of utter dominance from the young player. At just 20 years old, she holds eight WTA titles, including the last five, which she’s fired off her racquet in quick succession. It’s good to be Iga Swiatek right now.
Waiting for…
you know, right? pic.twitter.com/SVeQzhxPPG — Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) May 15, 2022
Yup… pic.twitter.com/Y3ckjnSGCj — Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) May 15, 2022
Swiatek’s remarkable run has occurred in the midst of a 28-match winning streak that includes collecting titles on both hard and clay courts, earning trophies at the Stuttgart Open, Miami, Indian Wells and Qatar Open.
That winning streak includes 19-0 and 9-0 wins on hard and clay, declaring her the authority on both surfaces right now. Swiatek’s not bad on grass either, having won the Wimbledon junior trophy in 2018, the only junior slam she played before going pro.
She’s also been 7-0 against Top 10 players, with mostly straight set victories, give or take just a few sets, and the only female player to make it to the second week of all four majors last year. Is it any surprise she’s dominating the women’s Tour right now?
🇮🇹5!!!
#backtoback pic.twitter.com/SBk57wAH6R — Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) May 15, 2022
Following in the steps of Venus Williams, Justine Henin and Serena Williams, as only the fourth woman to knock out five consecutive tournaments in a row since 2000, it’s no wonder that Iga Swiatek has ascended the mantle of world No.
1 since April.
Cztery! 4️⃣🏆
How @iga_swiatek clinched her fourth WTA title in a row at the @PorscheTennis Grand Prix 👇 — wta (@WTA) April 24, 2022
“I feel like just continuing the same things that I did before really was…
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Source : tennisworldusa
