Iga Swiatek strengthened her fame because the queen of clay by capturing a 3rd straight French Open crown with a crushing 6-2 6-1 victory over twelfth seed Jasmine Paolini on Saturday to assert her fifth Grand Slam title.
Swiatek’s twenty first straight victory at her happiest looking floor put her in fourth place within the checklist of longest successful streaks at Roland Garros within the Open period behind solely Chris Evert (29), Monica Seles (25) and Justine Henin (24).
The 23-year-old, who arrived in Paris within the type of her life having lifted titles in Madrid and Rome, prolonged her run of victories on clay this 12 months to a career-best 19 matches and celebrated together with her fourth French Open title in 5 years.
Swiatek got here out all weapons blazing early within the contest however after narrowly lacking the prospect to interrupt from 0-40 down within the second recreation, the top-seeded Pole made heavy climate of the subsequent to give up her serve, earlier than bouncing proper again.
The diminutive Paolini, solely the third Italian girl after Francesca Schiavone and Sara Errani to achieve the Roland Garros ultimate for the reason that sport turned skilled in 1968, went toe to toe with Swiatek from there however cracked within the sixth recreation.
With the momentum shifting, claycourt specialist Swiatek started to dominate the exchanges from the baseline, beautifully working the angles and sealing the opening set in 37 minutes after successful 20 out of 24 factors since taking place a break.
A shell-shocked Paolini smiled and soaked up the help and applause from the group on the principle showcourt when she gained the odd level early within the subsequent set, however her problem pale within the afternoon solar as Swiatek broke twice to construct a 4-0 lead.
Swiatek, who dropped just one set all through the match in a second-round epic with Naomi Osaka, gained 10 successive video games earlier than Paolini obtained on the scoreboard, however there was to be no late comeback drama and the knockout blow was not lengthy in coming.
Swiatek closed out the victory when Paolini despatched a shot lengthy and rejoiced by dropping to her knees and pumping her fists, letting out an enormous roar, earlier than becoming a member of her entourage within the stands for an additional spherical of celebrations.
