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Iga Swiatek wins 2nd French Open title: A have a look at the World No. 1 star’s awe-inspiring numbers

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Iga Swiatek has received 6 tournaments on the trot in 2022. The Polish World No. 1 received her 2nd Roland Garros title on Saturday, defeating 18-year-old American Coco Gauff in a one-sided remaining.

Iga Swiatek wins 2nd French open title: A have a look at her awe-inspiring numbers (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSIga Swiatek received her 2nd Roladn Garros title on SaturdayThe 21-year-old has received 35 matches on the trot on the tourIga has practically twice as many rating factors than 2nd-placed Kontaveit

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek capped off her gorgeous run on the ladies’s singles tour together with her second French Open title on Saturday, June 4. The Polish famous person defeated American 18th seed, Coco Gaff, 6-1, 6-3 in a one-sided remaining that lasted solely an hour and eight minutes on the Philippe Chatrier in Paris.

The 21-year-old, who rose to prominence after changing into the primary Pole to win a Grand Slam singles title when she lifted the Suzanne Lenglen trophy in 2020, has achieved fairly a number of awe-inspiring feats en path to glory on the Roland Garros.

Iga Swiatek on Saturday grew to become the youngest participant since Maria Sharapova in 2004 to change into a a number of Grand Slam winner.

The Polish star additionally equalled Venus Williams’s feat for probably the most successive wins on the tour within the 2000s. Her win towards Coco Gauff on Saturday was her thirty fifth on the trot.

Swiatek’s French Open win on Saturday was additionally her sixth successive event victory in 2022. She has equaled the report of most consecutive event wins in 2000s – Venus Williams in 2000 and Justine Henin in 2007-08.

Iga Swiatek has received 9 tournaments on the trot, not dropping a single set within the finals of all these tourneys. She has not misplaced greater than 5 video games in these tournaments.

Iga Swiatek has now received 18 consecutive units in finals, has not misplaced greater than 5 video games in her final 9 finals.

2022 RG: 61 63
2022 Rome: 62 62
2022 Stuttgart: 62 62
2022 Miami: 64 60
2022 IW: 64 61
2022 Doha: 62 60
2021 Rome: 60 60
2021 Adelaide: 62 62
2020 RG: 64 61

— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) June 4, 2022

Swiatek is the undisputed numero uno in ladies’s singles tennis in the mean time. After taking excessive spot from Ash Barty, who retired earlier this 12 months, Swiatek has prolonged the lead over the chasing pack. In the up to date rankings which shall be launched on Monday, Swiatek could have 8631 factors, virtually twice as a lot as second-ranked Anett Kontaveit (4325) on the WTA charts.

Notably, Swiatek had received her first WTA 1000 title on the 2021 Italian Open in Rome and broke into the highest 10 for the primary time, ending the 12 months as world quantity 4. She was additionally the one participant to achieve the second week in any respect 4 Grand Slams in 2021.

Invincible Iga!