As the tournament winner, the Pole Iga Swiatek will move to the top of the world tennis rankings.

In the Masters final in Miami on Saturday, the 20-year-old clearly defeated former number one Naomi Osaka from Japan 6: 4, 6: 0.

On Monday, Swiatek will take the lead in the world rankings for the first time after the retirement of Ashleigh Barty from Australia.

She is also the youngest player to win the WTA 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami in a year, the "Sunshine Double". It was Osaka's first final on the WTA Tour since winning the Australian Open before more than a year.

"I feel quite privileged"

"I have the feeling that I have to celebrate," said Swiatek after her 17th match success in a row: "I don't know how much longer I can keep up this series." The 2020 French Open winner managed to enter an elite one Kreis – Swiatek made the double in Indian Wells and Miami as the fourth and youngest player after Steffi Graf (1994/1996), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Wiktorija Asarenka (2016).

"I feel quite privileged to be one of those players, I wouldn't have dreamed of it a few years ago," she said.

However, Swiatek announced that he would take a break for the time being.

The Pole canceled her participation in the tournament in Charleston/South Carolina and after the exhausting weeks she is postponing the start of the clay court season.

"I'm really sorry, but after the marathon of three tournaments where I played in the finals, I feel a bit injured in one arm," she said.

The injury is "not serious", but she needs to rest, according to Swiatek.

From Monday, Swiatek will lead the world rankings for the first time after Ashleigh Barty's retirement - and with a comfortable lead.

The situation is tighter for men, but Novak Djokovic holds all the trumps when he returns to the Masters in Monte Carlo.

The Russian Daniil Medvedev, who was at the top for three weeks at a time, signed off for “one to two” months because of groin surgery.

The preparation for the French Open (from May 22nd) is severely disrupted, as is the case with Rafael Nadal (stress fracture on the rib).