1ga, the bar is high
With eight titles including two Grand Slams at Roland-Garros and the US Open, the longest winning streak of the century (37), a record of 67 hits for 9 losses and more than 6,000 points ahead of her runner-up Ons Jabeur in the standings, it’s hard to hope for a better season than last year for Iga Swiatek.
Still a perfectionist but more relaxed, the world number one has improved in many areas of the game and now manages to win regardless of the pressure, the scenario or the opponent on the other side of the net. His glittering Porte d’Auteuil campaign and his more laborious New York fortnight thus had the same outcome: in the end it was Iga who won. At the peak of her craft and world tennis at just 21, the Pole now faces the protection of her crown and the extension of her reign. Her debut in the United Cup has already set the tone, like this incredible point for Federer, scored in doubles with Hubert Hurkacz.
