Iga Swiatek

The top-ranked Swiatek has won seven titles in 2022, the most by a woman since Serena Williams in 2014.

But Swiatek took the last three points and soon was down on her back, a major champ again. Then, at 6-5 in the set, Swiatek held her first championship point as Jabeur served. When Jabeur missed a slice forehand early in the second set, she dropped her racket to reflect her despair. She ran her opponent this way and that, never letting Jabeur use the sorts of spins and variety that she's accustomed to. But she is 0-2 at that stage, being the runner-up at Wimbledon in July. And she arrived with a record of just 4-4 since her 37-match winning streak ended in July.

Swiatek, the world No. 1, beat Jabeur in straight sets to capture her first U.S. Open singles title. It is her third Grand Slam title and first on a surface ...

Jabeur was sending her back and forth across the baseline and held chances to break Swiatek’s serve in the next game and serve for the second set. Ahead of Saturday, she spoke of the lessons she had learned from that match and how she now knew ways to keep her emotions in check. Swiatek is so different, though, from the fragile player who won her first Grand Slam title as a teenager. She tried to match Swiatek’s power from the baseline. When she is on, she can mix jumping backhand drop shots with a dangerous forehand and a deceptively hard serve that she can land in the corners with nasty movement. She has spoken out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than any player who is not from Ukraine and has helped raise more than $2 million for relief efforts through her participation in tennis exhibitions, one of which she organized herself. In March, Ashleigh Barty of Australia, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion and the world No. She has won so many 6-0 sets this year — a “bagel” in tennis parlance — that the saying “Iga’s bakery” was coined. For Swiatek, the victory was the latest success in a season full of them. Open, where she was the first Polish woman to make the singles final. It was the third Grand Slam title of Swiatek’s brief career and her first on a surface other than clay. And now she is the first Polish woman to win three and the U.S.

The 21-year-old defeated Ons Jabeur in Saturday's US Open women's final, becoming the first Polish woman to win the tournament. Świątek, the 2022 French Open ...

The loss was bittersweet for Jabeur, as the 28-year-old Tunisian still became the first Arab and African woman to reach a US Open final -- this coming two months after she became the first Arab and African woman to make any Grand Slam final at Wimbledon. This was the first US Open women's final featuring two top-10 players since 2013, as Świątek came in as the world No. 2 in the next WTA rankings by virtue of her US Open run. Świątek's US Open win is only her latest accomplishment in a season jam-packed with them. The 21-year-old defeated Ons Jabeur in Saturday's US Open women's final, becoming the first Polish woman to win the tournament. Świątek, the 2022 French Open champion, also became the first woman since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win two majors in the same year.

She complained that women use different, slightly lighter, tennis balls than men do at Flushing Meadows, where she'd never been past the fourth round. She was ...

When Jabeur missed a slice forehand early in the second set, she dropped her racket to reflect her despair. But she is 0-2 at that stage, being the runner-up at Wimbledon in July. She ran her opponent this way and that, never letting Jabeur use the sorts of spins and variety that she's accustomed to. She used her strong court coverage, backed by a soundtrack of squeaky sneakers as she darted everywhere, sometimes even sliding as she arrived at a ball, the way one does on red clay, her favorite surface. 5 ](https://apnews.com/article/us-open-tennis-championships-sports-iga-swiatek-caroline-garcia-ecb65ee5c6b2b2c6fdc6ed545ef14032) [Ons Jabeur](http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=1803) 6-2, 7-6 (5) in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday to claim her first championship at the US Open and third Grand Slam title overall. At 6-5 in the second set, Swiatek held her first championship point. 2 in the rankings on Monday. Indeed, Jabeur pushed things to the tiebreaker, which she then led 5-4. She acknowledged harboring concerns about the US Open after a couple of shaky showings at hard-court tune-up tournaments. [Serena Williams](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=394)' career, the No. And she arrived with a record of just 4-4 since her 37-match winning streak ended in July. It's also like a confirmation for me that the sky's the limit,'' said Swiatek, who is 55-7 in tour-level matches with seven trophies in 2022, both best in the WTA.

La polaca Swiatek se consagró campeona del US Open 2022, ratificando que es la mejor tenista de la temporada.

6 (5) Ons Jabeur (5) A su vez, Swiatek en este año de dominio logró levantar dos coronas de Grand Slam en el mismo año, algo que en el circuito WTA no sucedía desde que Angelique Kerber ganó el Abierto de Australia y el US Open en 2016.

(CNN) -- La tenista polaca Iga Swiatek derrotó a la estrella tunecina Ons Jabeur en dos sets en la final individual femenina del US Open en el estadio ...

El triunfo de Swiatek el sábado la convierte en la primera mujer cabeza de serie en ganar el US Open desde que La victoria representa el tercer título de Grand Slam en la carrera de Swiatek y el primero fuera del Abierto de Francia, que ganó en 2020 y 2022. Iga Swiatek derrota a Ons Jabeur, gana el US Open y obtiene su tercer título de Grand Slam

Tras derrotar a Jabeur en la final de Flushing Meadows, la polaca selló un logro que tenía la tenista estadounidense.

En lo que resta de año, Iga tendrá la posibilidad de superar a la menor de las Williams. Siete de ellas, en esta temporada. Y es que con el título en Flushing Meadows, ya son siete las consagraciones que lleva Swiatek en este 2022.

La número uno del mundo, la polaca Iga Swiatek, resolvió en el tie break un segundo set que se le llegó a complicar por momentos, y se apuntó el título del ...

Era un duelo entre las dos jugadoras más sólidas de la temporada. Es el séptimo título que gana este año Swiatek, una cifra que ninguna jugadora había alcanzado desde que Serena Williams lo hizo en 2014. Todo parecía encaminado a un fácil triunfo de Swiatek, quien comenzó rompiendo tres veces el servicio de su rival e imponiendo un ritmo arrollador que desconcertó por completo a Jabeur.

At 21 years old and already a superstar in her home country of Poland, Swiatek is a bona fide No. 1 with a package of tennis skills both innate and ...

“For sure, Roland Garros I always feel like I have more control, and I feel like Philippe Chatrier is kind of my place,” she said of the center court in Paris. 1 when she announced that she was retiring from the game in March at age 25. Jabeur has Bartyesque versatility but lacks the Australian’s formidable serve and cannot generate quite the same forceful topspin with her forehand or wicked side-spin when she hits her backhand with one hand. She also has been bold and outspoken on social-justice issues and her own mental-health challenges, positioning herself as one of the voices of an engaged generation. With three majors, she is now closing in on Naomi Osaka, the Japanese star and former No. And the last woman to win seven or more singles titles in a season was Williams in 2014. Handed the $2.6 million champion’s check on Saturday, she said, “I’m really glad it’s not in cash.” Of her seven titles this season, three have come on her long-favored red clay, but four have come on hardcourts like those used at the U.S. 44, and yet she remains by far the most globally prominent young women’s tennis star: the highest-earning female athlete, capable of launching her own management company with her agent Stuart Duguid and signing up other players such as Nick Kyrgios. 1 with a huge lead in the rankings over Jabeur, the engaging and gifted Tunisian who will be back at No. Open, I was delighted to return to a city that is on its way back, as ever, after hard times. 1 with a package of tennis skills both innate and acquired.

Her rise over the past two years has seemed unstoppable. Now, with Iga Swiatek's third Grand Slam title win Saturday at the US Open, she has proved she is ...

She has worn a Ukrainian flag ribbon on her hat since the start of the Russian invasion of the country, and has organized multiple exhibitions to raise money for humanitarian aid and awareness, including during a "Tennis Plays for Peace" event ahead of the US Open at Louis Armstrong Stadium. But she looked at home, completely at ease with the big crowd and the spotlight. The 21-year-old is now the youngest three-time Grand Slam champion since [Maria Sharapova](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=399) in 2008. [Serena Williams](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=394)' impending retirement consumed the headlines during the first week of the tournament, Swiatek proved during her impressive fortnight that she was the heir apparent to Williams' former role as the tour's superstar. There have been others in recent years to achieve steady success -- including [Naomi Osaka](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2789), who has won four hard-court major titles, and the recently retired [Ashleigh Barty](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2031), who won a Grand Slam on every surface -- but Swiatek's time is now. [expressed her displeasure about the balls used during the US Open](/tennis/story/_/id/34425055/top-ranked-iga-swiatek-questions-why-us-open-uses-different-tennis-balls-men-women) swing last month, but she found ways to win when it counted most. In the final, she lost just four games to budding superstar It's the best experience you can have for next matches, for sure." 54 in the world and was barely on the radar. 1 ranking since April, and she now has double the points of Jabeur, who will return to the No. She later said those challenges gave her more confidence. "Coming back from winning a Grand Slam is tricky, even if Roland Garros was the second [major title], I needed to stay composed and focus on the goals.

The top-seeded Pole wins her second Grand Slam title of the year, handling Ons Jabeur in straight sets.

She finally found a foothold by attacking Swiatek’s serve in the second set and forced a tiebreaker but never could quite flip the momentum. Swiatek entered the match with a formidable nine wins in the 10 finals she has made since 2019. She prefers the slower surfaces of clay-court season in spring and had trouble controlling the type of balls the U.S. She was also the first woman to reach the French Open and U.S. Swiatek was the first top seed to reach the U.S. Open where the surface is so fast,” Swiatek said. It’s also like a confirmation for me that sky is the limit. She and Jabeur will be the world No. She only needed to step outside after the match to see a swarm of red- and white-clad Polish fans chanting and cheering for her in the center of Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. She is the first Polish woman to win the U.S. She battled back for victories twice after dropping the first set, in the fourth round and semifinals. Asked afterward in the on-court ceremony what that might signify, Swiatek looked up to the smattering of Polish flags in the crowd before laughing and responding that she didn’t quite know — she would have to go home and check first.

La tenista polaca se ha impuesto en dos sets (6-2 y 7-6 (7-5) ante la tunecina, que no ha encontrado su mejor juego.

6-5Set 2 La tenista polaca solo ha necesitado dos sets para proclamarse campeona en esta final ante Ons Jabeur. Narrador deportivo La número uno del mundo ha vencido a Ons Jabeur por (6-2 y 7-6 (7-5).

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