Iga Swiatek mentioned her fourth French Open win was “emotional” after emphatically maintaining her Queen of Clay title at Roland Garros.
The world No 1 from Poland brushed apart Italian underdog Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-1 in and hour and eight minutes.
King of Clay Rafael Nadal might have performed his final French Open this 12 months however Swiatek comprehensively proved as soon as once more she can be Roland Garros royalty.
“When I talk about pressure, I usually put pressure on myself because of pressure of the outside,” she mentioned.
“Clearly I am a perfectionist, so there may be all the time strain behind me. However I believe I am high quality with dealing with my very own strain.
“It is when the strain from the surface hits me, then it is a bit of bit worse. However I managed it rather well at this match.
“It was an emotional win, because I felt a lot of stress yesterday and today in the morning. And I knew if I’m going to just focus on tennis I can kind of fight through it, and at the end it all went how I wanted. So I just felt really proud of myself.”
Swiatek is the primary girl to win three consecutive Roland Garros titles since Justine Henin in 2007 and solely the third to attain the feat in Open historical past, together with Monica Seles.
She is undefeated in Paris since 2021, 21 matches in the past, and has gained 34 of her 36 matches right here, a document matched solely by Seles and Chris Evert.
Paolini was formally the runner-up, however Naomi Osaka ought to most likely get a trophy for being the one participant to put a glove on Swiatek all fortnight, having taken her to match level within the second spherical in what was the match of the match, on both aspect of the draw.
Osaka apart, no participant took greater than six video games off Swiatek, who at one level had gained 20 consecutive video games over three matches.
Swiatek hasn’t misplaced a match at Roland Garros since 2021
Such is her dominance there have been even fears that Swiatek – who had already gained one match 6-0 6-0 in 40 minutes this fortnight – might threaten the document for the quickest match of 32 minutes when Steffi Graf pulverised Natasha Zvereva by the identical rating within the 1988 closing.
Paolini, who started ranked outdoors the highest 30, would be the world No 7 when the rankings are up to date on Monday.
“Yeah, of course I’m really happy,” she added. “Now it’s a strange feeling. I just lost the final, but I think I have to be happy with those two weeks, you know, and my new ranking.
“It is a completely satisfied second for me. It is not a tragic second. Yeah, I’ve to confess to attempt to see the issues like that.”
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