Iga Swiatek

French Open 2024: Iga Swiatek completes hat-trick of titles after beating Jasmine Paolini

Danijones7 months ago01 mins

World No.1 Iga Swiatek won the French Open 2024 women’s singles title after beating Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in straight sets in the final. On Saturday, June 8, the Pole won 6-2, 6-1 against her Italian opponent in an hour and 8 minutes at Philippe-Chatrier. She also became the third female player in the Open Era after Monica Seles and Justine Henin to win the title in 3 successive years. French Open 2024 Final Updates Seles achieved the landmark from 1990-92 while Henin accomplished the feat from 2005-2007. With her fourth championship at Roland Garros, Swiatek is nearing the legendary Chris Evert’s tally of most French Open women’s singles titles (7). More to follow…. Published By: sabyasachi chowdhury Published On: Jun 8, 2024

Iga Swiatek Marks Birthday With Comfortable At At French Open, Jannik Sinner Advances

Danijones7 months ago04 mins

Reigning champion Iga Swiatek celebrated her 23rd birthday by brushing aside Marie Bouzkova to reach the French Open last 16 on Friday. Swiatek had to save a match point to avoid an upset defeat by fellow four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in a second-round thriller, but she was never in trouble during a 6-4, 6-2 win over Czech Bouzkova. The world number one is a red-hot favourite to lift the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen for a third straight year and become only the fourth woman to win four Roland Garros titles in the Open era. She was much closer to her best form on Friday, hitting 34 winners and making only 19 unforced errors. Swiatek will play Russia’s Anastasia Potapova in the next round on Sunday. The Polish star’s win-loss record at the tournament stands at 32-2 and she has never failed to reach the second week. Earlier on Friday, Jannik Sinner continued his serene progress at the French Open with a straight-sets victory over Russian Pavel Kotov in the third round. The Australian Open champion, who will usurp Novak Djokovic as world number one if he reaches the final at Roland Garros, struck 36 winners and saved the only break point he faced in a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win. Sinner will next take on either home hope Corentin Moutet or Austrian Sebastian Ofner for a place in the quarter-finals. The Italian, who has only lost two matches so far this year, is yet to drop a set in the tournament. Coco Gauff also eased into the second week for a fourth straight year. Gauff held off a late fightback from Australian Open semi-finalist Dayana Yastremska to win 6-2, 6-4 in the first match of the day on Court Philippe Chatrier. The reigning US Open champion has an excellent record at Roland Garros, having previously reached two quarter-finals and the 2022 final which she lost to Swiatek. The 20-year-old failed to serve out the match when leading 5-2 in the second set, but saved three break points in the 10th game before getting over the line. Topics mentioned in this article Iga Swiatek Jannik Sinner Coco Gauff French Open 2024 Tennis

Iga Swiatek Saves Match Point To Beat Naomi Osaka At French Open

Danijones7 months ago01 mins

Defending champion Iga Swiatek saved a match point to outlast Naomi Osaka.© AFP Defending champion Iga Swiatek saved a match point to outlast fellow four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5 in a breathtaking second-round clash at the French Open on Wednesday. World number one Swiatek trailed 5-2 in the final set but the Pole won the last five games of the match to keep her bid for a third successive Roland Garros title on track. She is attempting to become only the fourth woman in the Open era to lift four Roland Garros titles and just the second — after Serena Williams — to complete the clay-court treble of Madrid, Rome and French Opens in the same season. More to follow… Topics mentioned in this article

Madrid Open: Iga Swiatek gets her revenge, beats Aryna Sabalenka in marathon final

Danijones8 months ago03 mins

Iga Swiatek won the women’s singles title in the Madrid Open 2024 after beating Aryna Sabalenka in a humdinger of a final on Saturday. After over 3 years, Swiatek won the match 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7) at Manolo Santana. The Pole also avenged her defeat to Sabalenka last year when she lost in another 3-setter. The 25-year-old Sabalenka had the chance to equal Petra Kvitova’s tally of 3 Madrid Open titles, but Swiatek did not let that happen. Swiatek also extended her lead to 7-3 against Sabalenka on the WTA level. It also happened to be Swiatek’s 20th title in the WTA. The opening set turned out to be an absolute thriller as both players earned a break apiece to make it 5-5. But then, Swiatek broke Sabalenka’s serve to take the opening set. Sabalenka had a decent first serve, but a winning percentage of only 30.8 from her second serves let her down. The excitement did not go down even in the second set. Sabalenka went 3-1 up with a break of serve after which Swiatek stormed back into the match. This time around, the Belarusian star held her nerve to take the match into the deciding third set. Swiatek with the last laugh In the decider, both players were just not willing to throw in the towel. Swiatek and Sabalenka converted a break point apiece to make it 5-5. In the next game, Sabalenka fetched herself 2 championship points, but Swiatek saved both of them and took the contest into a tie-breaker. It was also the first tie-breaker between them in 10 meetings. This time, Swiatek had a championship point at 6-5, but Sabalenka did not give up the ghost. Sabalenka failed to convert a third championship point as the match kept the audience at the edge of their seats. But at 8-7, Swiatek converted her second championship point as the curtains came down on the cliffhanger in Madrid. Published By: sabyasachi chowdhury Published On: May 5, 2024