After overcoming her various struggles over the summer and the tournament, the 21-year-old played with complete freedom with the title on the line and then held off an incredible late surge from Jabeur to hold on to win the US Open for the first time. in her career with a tense, quality 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory. With her victory, Swiatek became the first woman to win two grand slam titles in one year since Angelique Kerber in 2016 after winning the French Open earlier in the season. The Pole is now joint fourth among active players for total grand slams, with three in total. She has now earned 10,365 ranking points, a distinction only achieved by Serena Williams since 2013. Ever since her 37-match, six-tournament winning streak ended at the hands of Alizé Cornet in the third round of Wimbledon, it took some effort for Swiatek to restore her place on the tour. He had arrived in New York with a 6-4 record in the summer. But when it mattered in New York, she was ready. Swiatek twice came back from a set down to go down 4-2 to Aryna Sabalenka in the deciding set of her semi-final. As has always been the case with Swiatek in the finals, she initially played with freedom despite the title being on the line. It was immediately clear that this was a different level to anything he had produced earlier in the tournament. Iga Swiatek fires a wild forehand during the second set tiebreak against Ons Jabeur. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/USA Today Sports She was sharp, running through the baseline and relentlessly attacking with total commitment in a way she hasn’t done since the last match of the French Open final. Swiatek opened with an easy hold of serve, fiercely hitting a low down the line winner to take it, then launched into Jabeur’s serve, quickly building a 3-0 lead. Swiatek’s strong start initially got the best of Jabeur, who responded with an incredible return game with four winners to recover the break. But the pressure Swiatek put on the Wimbledon runner-up was relentless and suffocating. Thanks to Swiatek’s defending, the pitch looked so narrow for Tunisia whenever they had the upper hand, yet they were also under constant pressure. Swiatek attacked with their devastating weapons from both wings and from all parts of the pitch. Quick guide
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Thanks for your response. She forced her 28-year-old opponent to play to her limits and do so consistently, and the Tunisian began to make mistakes in spades as she tried to wring her best level out of herself. But Jabeur never stopped fighting. She trailed 2-6, 0-3, 15-40, but kept her head up. She soon found big serves and growing confidence in her forehand. She then began to dig into Swiatek’s service games, putting pressure on her second serve. Slowly, her forehand began to take his thrusts and push Swiatek back, and soon it was on top of her head. Having pulled herself back from the brink, throughout the second set Jabeur had her chances. She created three break points at 4-4 as her spirit brought Arthur Ashe Stadium into full voice, including plenty of shouting during the points. Ons Jabeur volleys a ball away in frustration. Photo: Justin Lane/EPA After the momentum shifted again and Swiatek settled, she forced a match point on Jabeur’s serve at 6-5. Jabeur extinguished it with a first serve and winning inside-out forehand, and as she held she received a standing ovation from the crowd. In the end, Swiatek was more composed in the tiebreak and after leading 5-4 on her serve, Jabeur gave up errors under pressure to eventually break free. There are many ways to underline this incredible season enjoyed by Swiatek, which she had started as ninth in the world. She is 55-7 on the season, 8-1 against top-10 players, her only loss coming to her predecessor at No. 1, Ash Barty. Swiatek has won 10 finals in a row, winning all 20 sets and suffocating opponents just like she did here. He had conceded a total of 32 games in the nine previous finals, an average of 3.6 games conceded. Jabeur pushed her much harder than anyone else, yet the champion still had the composure to pull it off. Quick guide
Hewett and Reid’s winning streak at Flushing Meadows ends
projection Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid’s US Open double wheelchair winning streak came to an end with a final loss to Martin De La Puente and Nicolas Peiffer. Hewett and Reid had won the title every year since 2017 but failed to make it six in a row, losing 4-6 7-5 (10-6) to Spain’s De La Puente and France’s Peifer. Reed was playing despite having to pull out of his first round bout with De La Puente due to injury. Hewett has another chance in the men’s singles final on Sunday when he tries to stop Japan’s Shingo Kunieda from completing the calendar grand slam. Top seed Ben Bedram became the first wheelchair grand slam champion by beating fellow Briton Dahnon Ward 6-4 6-1. PA Medium Thanks for your response.
