On red clay Iga Swiatek it’s unbeatable. Get used to the unattainable record of Rafa Nadalcapable of conquering the Roland Garrosthere is a Polish girl who gives the impression of being able to replicate, or at least come close to this historic record.
The world number one, in yet another never-questioned match, beat for the eleventh time in her career Coco Gauff, winning the fourth Parisian slam final of his career at just 23 years of age. She needed just over an hour and a half for the number one to prevail 6-2 6-4 over the American, extending her streak of consecutive successes to 18 and getting ever closer to an incredible and historic treble (Madrid, Rome , Paris).
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The world number one immediately sets the record straight and breaks the American at the start. Gauff immediately tries to react, but the Pole’s defense is impressive, forcing her opponent to always hit one more ball.
In the fourth game the American wasted a break point, shooting out an affordable forehand. The Pole doesn’t forgive, she goes up 3-1 and in the following game she breaks her serve for the second time. The three-time champion in Paris is a steamroller, with an unsustainable pace for Coco when the exchange gets longer.
The first set ends 6-2 on yet another forehand error from the American. In the second set the 20-year-old from Delray Beach tries to shake things up. In the third game, a choice by the chair umpire on a serve by Swiatek causes Gauff to become angry and, in the throes of tension, he even breaks down in nervous tears.
It’s a sort of shock for the next number two, who manages to break the Pole’s serve. It’s just an illusion, because with a streak of four consecutive games the Pole turns the situation around. Iga closes the match and flies to the final, to confirm herself as the queen of the land of Paris for the third year in a row.
