Iga Schivontec continues to write history and crowning its first “Grand Slam” titles

Chivontec became the second non-seeded player to win the Roland Garros title after Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in 2017, and the first player to win the title without losing a set in the tournament since Belgian Justin Henin in 2007.

Shevontek, ranked 54th in the world, has never made it past the fourth round in her seven previous Grand Slam appearances, and she is without a professional career title and her best result was the final of last year’s Swiss Lugano tournament. .

Shevontek was the second Polish woman to compete in the final of a major tournament in the modern era (1968) after Anishka Radwanska, runner-up at Wimbledon 2012, and the third in all major tournaments after Jadwiga Ydrzyowska and runner-up at Roland Garros 1939 , after two finals at Wimbledon and the United States in 1937.

The match was the first “Grand Slam” final for two players 21 and under since the 2008 Australian Open, when Russia’s Maria Sharapova defeated Serbia’s Anna Ivanovic, and the first at Roland Garros since 2003 when Henin won. to his compatriot Kim Clijsters.

Kenin, who won her first major titles earlier in the year at the Australian Open, and Schwentec had never faced competition on the WTA, having met once at the Junior Junior Championship at Roland Garros in 2016 when the Polish won the third round.

On her way to the final, Schivontec was eliminated by last year’s Czech runner-up Marketa Vondruscheva in the first round, and 2014 Canadian runner-up Eugenie Bouchard in the third round and defending champion in 2018 and ranked first in the Romanian championship. Simona Halep at the final award.

Chivontec started the match perfectly, breaking Kenen on the first try in the second half, before leading for three straight games.

However, the American, who had never reached the quarter-finals on clay in her career, quickly regained her composure and won three straight games in her role as Polish breakthrough in the fifth half before the score tied 3-3 at take.

Shevontek responded and won two games in a row, breaking Kenen on an eighth long run on the latter’s serve, where he hit corner “drop shot” balls along the baseline, to lead 5-3 and take the opportunity to seat the group when it was dispatched.

But Kenen saved the first set point in favor of Chevontek when he led the last 40-30 in the ninth game before breaking his serve and reducing the gap to 4-5.

The American made direct errors in her service career, to beat Schiffontec in the first group in her favor, 6-4.

But Kenen, who played in a three-set match in four of his six semi-final matches, had hopes that scenario would be repeated.

And the second group started with overwhelming force on their opponent in the first half, but Chivontek responded quickly and very harshly and won all subsequent rounds to win the second set 6-1.