She wouldn’t be world number one in women’s tennis next Monday if not for the Australian Ashley Barty asked to be removed from the WTA rankings after announcing his retirement, before he would have to defend his last two crowns in Miamiin 2019 and 2021. The tournament was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic.
However, the Polish Iga Swiatek ascended the throne of the world for the first time with sufficient arguments to be welcome in the position. no champion Australian Open in the courts, it replaced the Miami record, the WTA ranking and dominance over its rivals.
At 20 years old, Swiatek is impressive. He ended up sweeping the improved, athletic and emotional, Japanese Naomi Osaka24 years old and world number 77, 6-4 and 6-0 at 1h.19 ‘. Winner without giving up a set, added his seventeenth consecutive win, ninth consecutive win in the same set.
Untouchable is a surprising Roland Garros 2020 champion, who shared the honors in the October edition with his idol Rafa Nadal. He achieved the first three WTA 1000s of the course in a snap, an unprecedented fact so far: Doha, Indian Wells and Miami. And often, overwhelming.
He is the fourth player to make an Indian Wells-Miami double in the same season, after the German Steffi Graffthe Belgian kim clijsters and the Belarusian Victoria Azarenko.
There are six crowns on his record, in seven finals. He already has another Masters 1000 in his history, Rome 2021. He has amassed a Grand Slam, four 1000’s and Adelaide’s 500. Swiatek, whose surname is translated into Spanish is Christmas, is made for large occasions. She is the new queen. Also, with a heel of $ 1,231,245 in the pocket, 1.1 euros.
Source: La Verdad
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