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The great talented Pole Iga Swiatek celebrated her biggest triumph yet at the French Open – and how!
In the round of 16 in Paris, Swiatek defeated Romanian first seed Simona Halep. The current world number two, 2018 French Open winner and 2019 Wimbledon champion, practically sank to the 19-year-old, who ultimately lost 1: 6, 2: 6. It’s the biggest loss by a leading player. standard in the history of the French Open. In the quarterfinals, Swiatek faces qualifier Martina Trevisan from Italy, who also managed a surprise 6: 4, 6: 4 against 5th seed Kiki Bertens (Netherlands).
In the third round Swiatek had already expelled the recovered Eugenie Bouchard from the tournament, but this blow is on another level.
Iga Swiatek “shocked” after defeating Halep
“I’m surprised by myself,” Swiatek said after the game in a shaky voice: “A dream has come true.” He impressed Halep, who was in first position, with fireworks in the first set and beat 17 winners. Halep quickly fell behind in the second round, Swiatek repeatedly had breakballs. Halep struggled but couldn’t find a recipe against his opponent.
This makes Ukraine’s Elina Switolina the last remaining player in the top 5 of the world rankings in Paris. World number one Ashleigh Barty (Australia) canceled for Paris, as did US Open winner Naomi Osaka (Japan), while number two seed Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) missed in the second round.
As the last German player, Laura Siegemund will fight this Monday against the Spanish Paula Badosa for a place in the quarterfinals.
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Swiatek daughter of an Olympic rower
Swiatek, daughter of Polish rower Tomasz Swiatek, part of the Polish double quartet at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, had made great promise at the youth level. Among other things, she won the youth competition at Wimbledon in 2018.
The 2019 Australian Open, in which she reached round 2 as a qualifier, was her debut on the WTA tour. At the 2019 French Open, she reached the round of 16, where she failed at Halep, with 1: 6, 0: 6. However, her first season was so successful that she reached the top 50 of the world rankings.
Before the outbreak of the corona pandemic, it was ranked 48th and the trend is clearly on the upside. He was also in the Fed Cup in his country. The lesson she has now taught Halep suggests that much more can be expected of her.
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With sports information service (SID)
