I’ll never doubt my strength again – French Open champion Iga SwiatekBy Eleanor Crooks, PA Tennis Correspondent, ParisIga Swiatek gained new-found belief in her own strength after coming through an intense struggle to beat Karolina Muchova and complete her French Open hat-trick. So I’m pretty happy that at the end I could be solid in those few last games and finish it. Swiatek equals Osaka and Monica Seles, meanwhile, as the only women in the open era to win each of their first four slam finals. She made a slow start and it looked set to be another comfortable ride in a slam final for Swiatek but from 3-0 in the second set the momentum shifted. Swiatek said: “I felt pretty confident with my game in the second set but I also knew that it’s only one break.

Source: Irish Independent June 11, 2023 23:22 UTC