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Iga Swiatek won the women’s singles tournament of the French Open tennis championship by defeating the American Sofia Kenint. The Polish player won the first Grand Slam trophy of his career.
Swiatek, 19, is ranked 54th in the world rankings and was a huge surprise in the final and, since the introduction of the WTA computer rankings in 1975, he is the lowest-rated finalist in Paris.
In some Monika szeles He has been the youngest champion in the Slag GS tournament since his triumph in 1992, and has not even won a single professional race before. His best result in six previous Grand Slam tournaments was the eighth final, and this year he had not even dropped a set at Roland Garros before, losing a total of 23 booms.
Swiatek was the first Polish woman in the final in Paris after 81 years.
The 21-year-old Kenin, sixth in the WTA rankings, scored an unexpected win at the Australian Open in February and also held four WTA races. This year he was 16/1 in GS tournaments, having been forced into three sets in four of his six matches in Paris so far, adding more than three hours more on the field than his rival.
As for the ranks of the finalists against each other, they faced each other for the first time as professionals, and as a junior they faced each other in the 2016 Roland Garros age group race and Swiatek won in straight sets.
The finalists were expected by 14 degrees, sunshine and, due to the coronavirus epidemic, a few hundred spectators at the Philippe Chatrier stadium. The Warsaw tennis player started better, Kenin won just three ball sessions in the first three booms.
Then he pulled himself together, driving more skillfully, catching up with Swiatek, who broke again, but was unable to outsource the game in 5: 3, but had already brought the first 48-minute set on serve from his rival.
The games also got much worse in the jump, the second game started with two breaks, they served seven times out of the first 12 games. Moscow-born Kenin called for attention due to thigh problems, his movement slowed a bit, taking advantage of this, Swiatek took a 4: 1 step. The Pole won by winning twenty of the last 23 rounds of ball in 1 hour 24 minutes.
In addition to the first trophy of his career, Swiatek received 1.6 million euros (568 million guilders) and will occupy the 17th place in the world ranking from Monday. She became the Poles’ first individual champion at a Grand Slam and was able to win as the lowest ranked player among women in Paris.
Featured image: MARTIN BUREAU / AFP
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