Iga Świątek has enjoyed a superb 2022 season, rising to world No 1 before adding a second career Grand Slam when she beat Coco Gauff at the French Open recently.
With Serena Williams’s extraordinary powers waning in recent years, the Women’s Tennis Association tour circuit has been an open contest.
Iga Świątek plays a backhand against Coco Gauff during the French Open final at Roland Garros in Paris on 4 June 2022. The legendary Williams achieved the feat in 2013 and 21-year-old Świątek described breaking the record as “something special”. “Because I always wanted to have some kind of a record. In tennis, it’s pretty hard after Serena’s career. So, basically, that really hit me.”
Among the players who are currently active, only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have recorded longer winning streaks in the 200os. “With that awareness, I was even more happy and even more proud of myself, because in 2020 I just felt that I’m lucky, you know. This time I felt like I really did the work.”Of course, with the clay season concluded, all roads lead to Wimbledon – the highlight of the grass-court swing of the tour.her only junior Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2018. She has consistently reasoned that the conditions were slower that year.
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