Maybe it will likely be Poland’s Iga Swiatek who will take the torch from Serena Williams and dominate girls’s tennis just like the Compton legend as soon as did.
Swiatek positive regarded able to profitable many extra Grand Slam titles, saving her greatest match of the fortnight for the U.S. Open girls’s last Saturday.
She trounced No. 5 seed Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in an anticlimactic Ashe Stadium battle.
There wasn’t an entire lot of drama to the top of an Open that thrilled in the beginning of the occasion with Williams’ farewell tour.
Entering because the No. 1 seed, Swiatek, who had a 37-match profitable streak earlier this 12 months, grew to become the primary girl since 2016 to win two majors in the identical 12 months. The 23-year-old gained the French Open in June, the second of her profession. This was Swiatek’s first U.S. Open last and she or he regarded like she’d been right here earlier than, displaying no nerves.
At one juncture, Swiatek reeled off six straight video games, bridging the primary and second units, pounding her groundstrokes.
Jabeur, of Tunisia, had superior to the Wimbledon last in July and hoped she’d study from that have. She was the primary Arab competitor in an Open last.
Swiatek was too good, nevertheless, and Jabeur by no means stood an opportunity regardless of her fifth seeding.
At 4-4 within the second set, Swiatek shook off three break factors to carry.
