Big favorite of this 2022 edition of the Roland-Garros tournament and the only player in the world top 10 still in the race, Iga Swiatek did not have to fear her opponent, Thursday June 2, on the Philippe-Chatrier court, for the first half- women's singles final.
The world number one had all the cards in hand to dictate to Daria Kasatkina, who ranks 20th in the WTA rankings.
And unsurprisingly, the Polish woman honored her status.
Imperial in her first five matches played on clay in Paris - only one set dropped -, and easily victorious in her last three meetings with Daria Kasatkina, this year at the Australian Open, Dubai and Doha, Iga Swiatek quickly set the Porte d'Auteuil tone.
His Russian opponent only had a say in the first ten minutes of the match.
A half settled in an hour
Broken from the start, Daria Kasatkina picked up the score just behind and equalized at 2-2 in the first set.
Then the steamroller kicked in and the Russian couldn't do anything.
Iga Swiatek walked in the aftermath of the first set, pocketed in 38 minutes and taking the serve of his opponent twice again.
The second set was even drier.
Daria Kasatkina managed to register only one game. Multiplying the unforced errors, the Russian remained powerless against the mastery and blows of the boss of the circuit.
The Swiatek train, too fast and too powerful, was launched towards the final and nothing could stop it.
The Polish finally folded the case in just one hour and six minutes of play.
Iga Swiatek, then 54th in the world, had already created a surprise in 2020, winning Roland Garros against the American Sofia Kenin.
She now appears to be the big favorite to lift the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup on Saturday June 4, against the Italian Martina Trevisan or the American Cori Gauff.
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