Iga Swiatek

Swiatek, the world No. 1, beat Jabeur in straight sets to capture her first U.S. Open singles title. It is her third Grand Slam title and first on a surface ...

Jabeur was sending her back and forth across the baseline and held chances to break Swiatek’s serve in the next game and serve for the second set. Ahead of Saturday, she spoke of the lessons she had learned from that match and how she now knew ways to keep her emotions in check. Swiatek is so different, though, from the fragile player who won her first Grand Slam title as a teenager. She tried to match Swiatek’s power from the baseline. When she is on, she can mix jumping backhand drop shots with a dangerous forehand and a deceptively hard serve that she can land in the corners with nasty movement. She has spoken out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than any player who is not from Ukraine and has helped raise more than $2 million for relief efforts through her participation in tennis exhibitions, one of which she organized herself. In March, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion and the world No. She has won so many 6-0 sets this year — a “bagel” in tennis parlance — that the saying “Iga’s bakery” was coined. For Swiatek, the victory was the latest success in a season full of them. Open, where she was the first Polish woman to make the singles final. It was the third Grand Slam title of Swiatek’s brief career and her first on a surface other than clay. And now she is the first Polish woman to win three and the U.S.

If Jabeur wins, she will become the first African woman in the Open era to earn a Grand Slam singles title. If Swiatek prevails, it will be her third major ...

She has been a woman on a mission throughout the fortnight in New York and has been almost clinical en route to the final. Jabeur obviously has it in her to win on Saturday, but I think Swiatek's experience will come through and she'll win in straight sets. She has battled well and has found the moments to get herself in the final. The slice, the on-point first serves and the efficient way she adapts in tricky situations (coming back from a set down vs. D'Arcy Maine: Jabeur has been candid about how much she wanted to win the title at Wimbledon, and now, having been so close to a major title before, she has a much better understanding of what she needs to do and what to expect in a Grand Slam final. In their most recent meeting, in Rome, she broke Jabeur's serve five times to win the match in straight sets (6-2 6-2). If she can counter Jabeur's serve from the outset, and hold her own, she'll make Jabeur uncomfortable. Twice Swiatek has gone a set down at this year's US Open, and twice she has pulled it back to win in three. 1 -- but here at the US Open she has had to adjust her forehand to get used to the speed of the court with her far-Western grip and the lighter women's regular-duty balls. Aishwarya Kumar: Swiatek has had slow starts throughout this tournament, losing her serve early on (and on two occasions losing the first set). Tom Hamilton: If Jabeur is to win this, she needs to do it in straight sets. She also needs to use her drop shots and imaginative game so Swiatek cannot find rhythm.

Eurosport's Kim Clijsters and Mats Wilander have paid tribute to Iga Swiatek after she won her third Grand Slam title at the US Open.

"She just looks comfortable as the world No. "She looks so hungry as well, all the time. So few players are able to do what she is doing. She can get so many balls back and she did that today." "She is so young, I think we forget that sometimes. It is a different level.

Lewandowski, who is the captain of the Poland men's national football team, has long been a vocal supporter of Swiatek and has offered his support to the tennis ...

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At 21 years old and already a superstar in her home country of Poland, Swiatek is a bona fide No. 1 with a package of tennis skills both innate and ...

“For sure, Roland Garros I always feel like I have more control, and I feel like Philippe Chatrier is kind of my place,” she said of the center court in Paris. 1 when she announced that she was retiring from the game in March at age 25. Jabeur has Bartyesque versatility but lacks the Australian’s formidable serve and cannot generate quite the same forceful topspin with her forehand or wicked side-spin when she hits her backhand with one hand. She also has been bold and outspoken on social-justice issues and her own mental-health challenges, positioning herself as one of the voices of an engaged generation. With three majors, she is now closing in on Naomi Osaka, the Japanese star and former No. And the last woman to win seven or more singles titles in a season was Williams in 2014. Handed the $2.6 million champion’s check on Saturday, she said, “I’m really glad it’s not in cash.” Of her seven titles this season, three have come on her long-favored red clay, but four have come on hardcourts like those used at the U.S. 44, and yet she remains by far the most globally prominent young women’s tennis star: the highest-earning female athlete, capable of launching her own management company with her agent Stuart Duguid and signing up other players such as Nick Kyrgios. 1 with a huge lead in the rankings over Jabeur, the engaging and gifted Tunisian who will be back at No. Open, I was delighted to return to a city that is on its way back, as ever, after hard times. 1 with a package of tennis skills both innate and acquired.

The top-seeded Pole wins her second Grand Slam title of the year, handling Ons Jabeur in straight sets.

She finally found a foothold by attacking Swiatek’s serve in the second set and forced a tiebreaker but never could quite flip the momentum. Swiatek entered the match with a formidable nine wins in the 10 finals she has made since 2019. She prefers the slower surfaces of clay-court season in spring and had trouble controlling the type of balls the U.S. She was also the first woman to reach the French Open and U.S. Swiatek was the first top seed to reach the U.S. Open where the surface is so fast,” Swiatek said. It’s also like a confirmation for me that sky is the limit. She and Jabeur will be the world No. She only needed to step outside after the match to see a swarm of red- and white-clad Polish fans chanting and cheering for her in the center of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. She is the first Polish woman to win the U.S. She battled back for victories twice after dropping the first set, in the fourth round and semifinals. Asked afterward in the on-court ceremony what that might signify, Swiatek looked up to the smattering of Polish flags in the crowd before laughing and responding that she didn’t quite know — she would have to go home and check first.

Iga Swiatek climbed yet another tennis peak on Saturday, winning her first US Open title and third Grand Slam by beating Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6.

There is little doubt that the Pole is a generational talent, and at 21, she still has so much more she can develop in her game. Swiatek’s view was endorsed by many other players, but to display that negativity so openly, and then to be in the kind of mindset to win a Grand Slam two weeks later, was indicative of how she can zone in on the big stage. The Pole has credited her psychologist Daria Abramowicz, whom she has been working with since she was 18, for instilling that killer instinct and toughness in her. The 21-year-old lost the first final of her career and has won each of her 10 since, without dropping a single set. Swiatek blew a 4-2 lead in that too, handing the initiative to Jabeur to take the match into a decider. She went on a 37-match winning streak in the summer, and is by far the most dominantly successful player of her generation.

Jabeur backed up her Wimbledon final run by reaching the championship match at the US Open, where she lost to the top seed. While the 28-year-old made back-to- ...

It was such a challenging time and coming back after winning a Grand Slam is always tricky even if Roland Garros was the second one." "Well I just want to thank the crowd for cheering me up," Jabeur started her trophy presentation interview. Jabeur backed up her Wimbledon final run by reaching the championship match at the US Open, where she lost to the top seed.