Roland Garros Nadal and a challenge against himself
Carlos Moyà "Every game he saves, Nadal becomes a new player"
Opinion Achilles in Paris
Reactions "If they gave me a new foot, I would prefer to lose the final"
Opinion The Last of the Mohicans
Zverev "It seems that the injury is very serious"
Cyclone
Iga Swiatek
made landfall on Philippe-Chatrier.
With the authority that is already a hallmark of the new tennis superstar, the Pole swept
Coco Gauff
(6-1, 6-3 in 68 minutes) in the final to be crowned Roland Garros champion for the second time.
[Narration and statistics]
Two years and a world separate Swiatek's victories in the French capital.
The first, in 2020, was the uncorking of a promise that had not yet appeared among the top 50 on the circuit.
This, the confirmation of a generational star.
The data is as incontestable as her tennis: Swiatek equals the 35 wins in a row of
Venus Williams
in 2000 (a year before the Pole was born), a record for the women's circuit in the modern era.
And along the way, six titles to his credit: Doha, Indian Wells, Miami, Stuttgart, Rome, Paris.
Although she 'inherited' the world number one with the retirement of
Ashleigh Barty
, she has made it her own.
She, like her own, has made the women's circuit in this 2022.
In the Roland Garros final she had to suffer it against Coco Gauff, who was 3-0 against before she could even warm up.
There was no crack, no trace of doubt in the aggressive game of Iga Swiatek, who has started all seven matches of the tournament in the same way: breaking the first serve of her rivals.
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