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Iga Swiatek’s remarkable reason continued on Saturday when she won her 35th consecutive match to win the women’s 2022 French Open championship with a direct victory over Coco Gauff at the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris.
Swiatek, who has not lost since mid-February, is now a two-time French Open champion after previously winning the clay court Grand Slam title in 2020. He recorded 18 winners and five service breaks in the road to a 6- Victory drop by 1, 6-3.
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Polish perfection in Paris 🇵🇱🏆 pic.twitter.com/hYR9OR6xYH
Gauff, an 18-year-old from Atlanta, did not lose a single set in her first six games in the tournament to win her first appearance in a major final. However, his 23 unforced errors were too much to keep pace with his fit Polish counterpart.
Swiatek, 21, flew out of the gates winning the first four games of the match to take firm control of the first set, which he eventually won in just 33 minutes.
The tournament’s head coach endured a brief stretch of error-ridden game early in the second set, which allowed Gauff to take a 2-0 lead thanks to his only break in the game, but the favorite recovered quickly. by winning five games in a row.
Considering Swiatek’s dominance against an opponent who also entered the championship game by playing incandescent tennis, it was a declared victory that set her firmly at the top of the WTA Tour hierarchy for the summer.
Stuart Fraser @stu_fraser
What a master class by Iga Swiatek. A 6-1, 6-3 victory in 68 minutes over Coco Gauff to win a second French Open title and a 35th consecutive WTA victory (equaling Venus Williams’ record streak in the 21st century) .
At its current level, it will take an almost perfect performance to beat it, although the tour changes from clay to turf before Wimbledon, which begins on June 27th.
The French Open will close on Sunday with a blackboard for the men’s final, which will feature Rafael Nadal in search of a 14th Roland Garros title with an extension of the record against the first main finalist Casper Ruud.
Gauff is also re-scheduled as she tries to win the women’s doubles title alongside her American teammate Jessica Pegula. They will face the French tandem of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic.