Iga Swiatek wins her third Roland-Garros

The 22-year-old Polish, already a winner in Paris in 2020 and 2022, won her fourth Grand Slam title also with the US Open 2022. Muchova was playing her first final in a major tournament at the age of 26.

Muchova, big surprise of the fortnight

” It’s amazing, thank you all. These three weeks have been incredible here in Paris. Congratulations Iga, to you and your team. Thank you to everyone around us here, to all the volunteers. Thank you for your energy, I had never experienced anything like that. Thanks to my team “, declared with emotion Karolina Muchova on France 2. The Czech will have jostled Iga Swiatek like no one else in this tournament.

” We knew it would be complicated. I liked the variety of your shots and I hope we will have other finals together. It’s not easy to win here. I’m very happy, thank you all. There are many people who came from Poland, I felt their love. Roland-Garros is my favorite place on the whole circuit “replied the world number 1 before lifting her trophy.

Big surprise of the fortnight, Muchova, 43rd in the world before the tournament, played her first final in a major tournament at the age of 26. Iga Swiatek has never been beaten in a Grand Slam final, even though she was pushed to her limits by the Czech player.

She will consolidate her place as world number 1 on Monday, which she will hold for the 63rd week in a row. Swiatek rose to the top of the women’s hierarchy on April 4, 2022 after Ashleigh Barty retired. She also becomes the youngest player since Monica Seles (1990, 1991, 1992) to retain her title at Roland-Garros.

The Pole is also the third player from the Open era (1968) to win her first four Grand Slam finals, after Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka. Only Serena Williams was younger when she won her fourth Major, at the 2002 US Open.

With AFP