delights. Iga ¦wi ± tek is unstoppable. Iga ¦wi ± tek never gives up. You have to write it down, repeat it, remember it.
It was 4: 5 and 3:30 PM, from Iga’s perspective. , was number 1 in the ranking, she served. The Romanian was two points away from winning the first set of the semi-finals of the grand tournament (WTA 1000 rank, one of the prestigious events second only to the Grand Slam). But Iga Świątek broke it. In the tie-break of this set, Halep was leading 6-4, she had two balls to win the game. Then Iga won four more points and after losing an hour of hard fight, the Romanian smashed the racket out of anger.
It’s still nothing. The second set: Iga breaks the rival, comes out 2: 1 and serves. It would seem that everything is for a quick victory for the Polish woman. A few minutes later it’s 2: 4 and serves Halep. And when all indications are that the match will last three sets and maybe three hours. But then Iga wins all the games to the end!
What a balance, what a feat!
Yes, Iga Świątek wins, Iga Świątek dictates the terms, Iga Świątek is the dominant party – whom Iga would not play with, this is what her matches look like.
In 2022, our best tennis player played 22 matches. She won 19 of them. Iga has an impressive balance – 19: 3. Iga has an amazing streak of 10 wins in a row. In February, Świątek won the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha, defeating Golubić, Kasatkina, Sabalenka, Sakkari and Kontaveit in turn. Now in Indian Wells, Iga have won matches against Kalinina, Tauson, Kerber, Keys and Halep.
There are victories here over the absolute world leaders, over the Grand Slam champions, over the former leaders of the world raking. There are instant wins and they are after three hundred matches, in which Iga lost the first sets, but did not break. Because Iga Świątek never gives up.
As many as 10 games in a row in the adult career, in the WTA series, our 20-year-old won for the second time. Iga had the previous such series at the turn of May and June 2021, when she first won the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, and then reached the Roland Garros quarter-finals. Now Iga has equaled her record and has a chance to do more.
This is the first chance in my life to win two tournaments in a row before Iga. In the final in Indian Wells he will play with Maria Sakkari or with Paula Badosa. This will be a chance for the fifth title in Iga’s career. So far, Świątek has won the following tournaments: Roland Garros 2020, Adelaide 2021, Rome 2021 and Doha 2022.
Iga is already sure of at least third place in the WTA ranking (at the moment it is still fourth). Highest in career. And the second place is close (Iga will advance to it if she defeats Maria Sakkari in the final). So Świątek is one step away from balancing the historical record. Iga Świątek does great things and has even bigger ones at their fingertips.
Source: Sport
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