Iga Swiatek

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Even before the U.S. Open women's final began, Ons Jabeur sensed she was in trouble against world No.

With Jabeur serving at 5-6, 30-all, she sailed a forehand long, bringing Swiatek to match point. And I feel like I have more skills to do that than one type of way to play. “The work we've put with Daria for sure helped,” she said. 1 in the world, and she played like a No. 1 and being in this tournament, so it's hard for me to say. In the first set, Swiatek jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead, winning eight of the first nine points. Jabeur had a chance to break for 5-4 when fans yelled out on several points. She then took a 5-2 lead when Jabeur swatted a forehand volley long on game point. She did so in impressive fashion, winning eight of the first nine points against Jabeur en route to a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory that made her the first Polish woman ever to win the U.S. 2 in the world on Monday, but Swiatek still has more than double Jabeur’s points. Swiatek will take home $2.6 million with the trophy (”I’m pretty glad it’s not in cash”) while Jabeur earned $1.3 million. 1 seed to reach the women’s final since

World number one Iga Swiatek beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur 6-2 7-6 (5) in the US Open final on Saturday to claim her maiden trophy at Flushing Meadows and third ...

But she had lost her only previous match this year to Swiatek 6-2 6-2 in the final in Rome in the spring and made a very nervous start. She steadied herself and broke Swiatek back with four clean winners but the tide quickly turned again. She is a very different character to Williams and has an understated presence on court but possesses an inner belief that has now carried her to straight-sets victories in her last 10 finals.

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.

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.

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.

Swiatek withstood a second-set fightback from Ons Jabeur to win 6-2 7-6 (5).

Hopefully I can inspire more and more generations. “I try to push myself to do more. I really tried but Iga didn’t make it easy for me. Turning to Jabeur, the Pole said: “I know this is already a pretty nice rivalry. It’s New York, it’s so loud, so crazy. Coming back after winning a grand slam is always tricky,” Swiatek said.

Winning the US Open has persuaded Iga Swiatek that the “sky is the limit” for her tennis career.

I know she didn’t play as good as the first set at certain times, maybe I should have taken my shot. I’ll forgive her when she gives me a Rolex or something.” But definitely I’m not someone that is going to give up. I wish I served a little bit better today. I was trying to get in the match. She was hitting lines a lot of times, kind of annoying from her. Later in the press room the 28-year-old added: “She came out really strong and put a lot of pressure on me. I also made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open. I wasn’t sure before the match if this is actually my place.” “Here on (Arthur) Ashe, I still need to figure out the atmosphere. I’m so proud that I could handle it mentally.” “It’s something that I wasn’t expecting for sure.

Eurosport's Kim Clijsters and Mats Wilander have paid tribute to Iga Swiatek after she won her third Grand Slam title at the US Open.

"She just looks comfortable as the world No. "She looks so hungry as well, all the time. So few players are able to do what she is doing. She can get so many balls back and she did that today." "She is so young, I think we forget that sometimes. It is a different level.

The 21-year-old Pole's victory over Ons Jabeur gave further evidence of her tightening grip on the summit of the game.

I am sure I’m going to be in the final again. I was trying to get in the match. Swiatek was very vocal ahead of the tournament about her dislike for the US Open balls, and she had struggled for form since lifting the trophy in Paris. The Pole is a very different character to Williams and has an understated presence on court but possesses an inner belief that has now carried her to straight-set victories in her last 10 finals. I also made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Winning the US Open has persuaded Iga Swiatek that the “sky is the limit” for her tennis career.

Iga Swiatek affirmed her ranking as the No. 1 women's tennis player in the world, fighting off a spirited push from Ons Jabeur to win her third Grand Slam ...

Jabeur built a 5-4 lead in the tiebreak, with the crowd cheering her on, but Swiatek hit a forehand winner and benefitted when Jabeur hit two errant forehands. Swiatek, a two-time winner at the French Open, will earn $2.6 million for her triumphant run at Flushing Meadows. Throughout the tournament, Swiatek had said she was improving but hadn’t hit her peak. Jabeur, the first African woman to reach the U.S. Swiatek, 21, was relentless on her returns in the early going, keeping everything in play and hitting the ball deep enough to limit Jabeur’s chances to unleash her trademark creativity. Iga Swiatek of Poland affirmed her ranking as the No.

The world number one defeated Ons Jabeur to win her third grand slam title in New York.

I know she didn’t play as good as the first set at certain times, maybe I should have taken my shot. I’ll forgive her when she gives me a Rolex or something.” But definitely I’m not someone that is going to give up. I wish I served a little bit better today. I was trying to get in the match. She was hitting lines a lot of times, kind of annoying from her. Later in the press room the 28-year-old added: “She came out really strong and put a lot of pressure on me. I also made it to the semi-finals of the Australian Open. I wasn’t sure before the match if this is actually my place.” “Here on (Arthur) Ashe, I still need to figure out the atmosphere. I’m so proud that I could handle it mentally.” “It’s something that I wasn’t expecting for sure.

Iga Swiatek climbed yet another tennis peak on Saturday, winning her first US Open title and third Grand Slam by beating Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6.

There is little doubt that the Pole is a generational talent, and at 21, she still has so much more she can develop in her game. Swiatek’s view was endorsed by many other players, but to display that negativity so openly, and then to be in the kind of mindset to win a Grand Slam two weeks later, was indicative of how she can zone in on the big stage. The Pole has credited her psychologist Daria Abramowicz, whom she has been working with since she was 18, for instilling that killer instinct and toughness in her. The 21-year-old lost the first final of her career and has won each of her 10 since, without dropping a single set. Swiatek blew a 4-2 lead in that too, handing the initiative to Jabeur to take the match into a decider. She went on a 37-match winning streak in the summer, and is by far the most dominantly successful player of her generation.