The Polish celebrity gained the French Open for the second one time on Saturday as she defeated Coco Gauff 6-1 6-3 in Paris, extending her unbeaten run to 35 suits.
That equals Venus Williams’ twenty first century document for consecutive wins set again in 2000 and cements Swiatek’s standing as the most productive participant in ladies’s tennis at the present time.
“Two years in the past, profitable this identify was once one thing wonderful, I would not be expecting it ever,” the 21-year-old stated right through her on-court interview after the fit.
“However this time I believe like I labored onerous and did the entirety to get right here although it was once beautiful tricky and the drive was once giant.”
Swiatek dropped only one set on the best way to the general and was once in large part untroubled by means of Gauff within the American’s first grand slam singles ultimate.
After breaking Gauff two times in the beginning of the primary set, Swiatek raced right into a 4-0 lead earlier than wrapping up the set in simply 32 mins.
The arena No. 1 discovered herself underneath drive for the primary time within the fit in the beginning of the second one set when Gauff transformed her first wreck level and held to take a 2-0 lead.
It was once just a glimmer of hope for the 18-year-old, alternatively, as Swiatek temporarily close the door by means of taking the following 5 directly video games.
Gauff was once in a position to carry, however so too did Swiatek — taking the set, the fit, and some other French Open identify.
She has now gained six tournaments in a row in a profitable run that stretches again to February 16 when she misplaced to Jelena Ostapenko in Dubai.
“I felt the drive, I felt luggage on my shoulders, I wasn’t the underdog anymore,” she advised NBC about coming into the match because the top-ranked participant on a profitable streak.
“I am much more pleased with that — that I may do it and make it for the second one time.”
As for Gauff, she struggled for consistency towards Swiatek, hitting 23 unforced mistakes over the process the fit, 14 of which got here within the first set.
She was once visibly emotional on the conclusion of the fit, however in time will be capable of mirror on a a success match right through which she did not drop a suite till the general.
And from Monday, Gauff will upward push to a career-high place of thirteenth on the earth scores.
“I do know that I’m going to get this chance once more and I’m hoping that I will come on peak subsequent time,” she advised NBC.
“These days, I actually attempted my highest to win. Clearly, I’d alternate the end result however the selections that I made I believed had been the proper selections within the second and I will’t actually alternate that.”
The focal point of the ladies’s excursion now turns to the grass court docket swing forward of Wimbledon, which begins on June 27.
Swiatek, who performs her highest tennis on clay, hasn’t ever stepped forward additional than the fourth spherical of Wimbledon in her two appearances there, however now seems to be prone to higher that document within the coming weeks.
