⁍ Iga Swiatek beat Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1 in the French Open final.
⁍ It is the 19-year-old’s first Grand Slam title.
⁍ Wiatek is Poland’s first Grand Slam singles champion.
– Iga Swiatek of Poland won the French Open on Saturday, becoming the country’s first Grand Slam singles champion after crushing American Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1. The 19-year-old, ranked 54th, is the youngest woman to win the tournament since Monica Seles in 1992 and the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to do so without dropping a set during the fortnight, reports Reuters. Not since 1988 has a woman won the French Open in such commanding style. Not since German great Steffi Graf went through the fortnight dropping only 20 games in 1988 has a woman won the French Open in such commanding style. Kenin, herself only 21, needed treatment at 1-2 in the second set and on the resumption Swiatek was utterly ruthless, conceding only three more points, sealing the title with an unstoppable forehand, her 25th winner. Swiatek, the lowest-ranked woman to win the French Open since rankings were introduced in 1975, said after returning to court to lift the Suzanne Lenglen trophy. “It had to be like that, another underdog won a Grand Slam in women’s tennis. It is so often right now that it is crazy.” She will no longer be an underdog and her rapid rise continues an exciting time for women’s tennis.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/tennis-frenchopen/teenager-swiatek-dazzles-in-paris-to-claim-first-grand-slam-title-idUSKBN26V0O6