[ad_1] BY JAMES BECK How did Iga Swiatek get so good? There’s no question that she’s the best player in women’s tennis. Six years ago, she was among the forgotten ones on the WTA Tour. She played mostly ITF tournaments. There she was in 2018, ranked No. 412 in the world and needing to win…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek will try to win a historic third consecutive Roland Garros trophy on Saturday, but Jasmine Paolini will try to stop her in the final. The first of these potential triplet of trophies came in 2022 when she bested Coco Gauff in the final. Last year, the Polish player bested Karolina Muchova, and…
[ad_1] World No 1 Iga Swiatek has stamped her authority on the French Open, where she has not lost a match since 2021, by storming through her past 3 matches in barely 3 hours, including a ruthless defeat of Coco Gauff in Thursday’s semi-final. On the verge of a 4th Roland Garros title, which would…
[ad_1] Swiatek dispatches Gauff 6-2, 6-4 to reach fourth French Open final Iga Swiatek from Poland is a 4-time grand slam champion and world #1. She won her first title on the terre battue in 2020 and is looking for her third consecutive title at Roland Garros. She arrived in Paris with two titles on…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek celebrated her 23rd birthday in some style at the French Open on Friday, where she is bidding to win her 4th title, and 3rd in a row, while Coco Gauff, Marketa Vondrousova and Ons Jabeur were among those also to make it into the Last 16 in the top half of the…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek If anyone doubts Iga Swiatek’s intent to win the French Open for a 4th time, her demolition of 5th-seeded Marketa Vondrousova on Tuesday will have put these to rest. I’m happy that my game is getting better and better every day, and I [felt] pretty confident today. I try not to really…
[ad_1] Gauff sets up Last 8 meeting with Jabeur Iga Swiatek is a woman on a mission, storming into the French Open quarter-finals after delivering a double-bagel to Anastasia Potapova on Sunday, while Coco Gauff limited her opponent, Elisabetta Cocciaretto, to just 3 games in total. “I felt comfortable. You just go with it because…
[ad_1] The first week of the French Open is often wet and cold, and generally gives way to beautiful spring weather in the second week, which is of little consolation to all those players who sat around for much of Wednesday hoping for a break that would enable them either to continue play, or start…
[ad_1] Coco Gauff‘s valiant effort at the 2024 Italian Open fell short once again against Iga Swiatek, who secured her 10th victory over Gauff in their careers. Swiatek and Gauff had met 10 times prior to their Rome encounter, with Swiatek holding a dominant 9-1 head-to-head record. The match in Rome marked Swiatek’s 10th win…
[ad_1] Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka remain on track at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome for a repeat of the recent Madrid final, but both had to navigate stern challenges, while other contenders still include Coco Gauff, Zheng Qinwen, Jelena Ostapenko, Danielle Collins and Madison Keys, but Maria Sakkari’s hopes were upset by Victoria…
