world no.1 Iga Swiatek presented further proof of why she is the best player on the WTA Tour with her fourth consecutive title of the season. Against World No. 4 Aryna SabalenkaSwiatek won the final 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 24 minutes to win the Stuttgart Open 2022 while making his tournament debut.
Sabalenka had also reached the final of the tournament last year, but lost to the then World No. 1. ash barty and Swiatek made sure that it remains a similar story today as well. Swiatek did not lose her serve during the final and in another dominant display in a Tour match, she defeated the Belarusian who played her first final of the season after having made a poor start to the season with early exits in most of her appearances in the tournament.
Swiatek lost just 1 set throughout the tournament reaching the semi-finals when liudmila samsonova he broke Iga’s streak of 28 consecutive set wins by winning the first set. However, Iga rallied to win the match with the match clock exceeding 3 hours during a nervous semi-final. However, Iga has now restarted his winning streak in straight sets.
The victory also marked Iga’s 23rd consecutive victory, which puts her on the same level as noemi osaka who also won 23 in a row in 2020-21. In the list headed by Serena Williams for players with the most consecutive wins since 2000, Iga still needs 13 wins to overtake Serena, who is on top with 35 wins to her name with the feat accomplished in 2000.
“It’s pretty surreal, honestly (to be on the win-loss list). A few years ago I wouldn’t even think about being in this kind of group. For sure at this moment I have to work harder to maintain this streak, but I will do it game by game, and I am very proud of myself and very satisfied. These are the kind of players who were role models when I was a kid. I worked hard this week to adapt properly and play my best tennis on this surface.
“I’m very proud of myself and my team because basically after yesterday’s game, it wasn’t easy to reset myself physically and mentally and be ready for today.” said Iga after her victory in the final, as she earned 500 tournament ranking points along with a Porsche new that you can surely drive having received your driver’s license a few weeks ago.
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Iga Swiatek takes a big lead in the WTA rankings
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With her 30th win of the season coming in her 33rd match, Swiatek is now sailing up the WTA rankings, as well as in the race for the year-end Championships. With only 6 tournaments, Iga has 3920 points under her belt in the race for the WTA Finals con Mary Sakkari in second place with 1610 points. In the ranking, Iga is at the top with 7181 points while paula badosa will rise to second place with a total of 5045 points.
Iga will be seen soon in the Madrid Open 2022, the first clay-court WTA-1000 event of the season and having won all three WTA-1000 tournaments of the season, will be looking for a fourth. While it certainly won’t be easy as Samsonova exposed her game in the semi-finals, it will be quite a challenge for the in-form Iga to prove her worth once again.
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