World No. 1 Iga Swiatek dominated Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to collect here fourth French Open title on Saturday.
The top-seeded Swiatek trailed 2-1 early in Court Philippe Chatrier before taking the next 10 games to claim the opening set and go up 5-0 in the second. She stretched her winning streak at Roland Garros to 21 matches, and her career record at the place is now 35-2.Swiatek, from Poland, also won the French Open in 2020 and the U.S. Open in 2022 and is 5-0 in major finals.
On Saturday, a loud chant of"Let's go, Jasmine! Let's go!" arose from two rows of Paolini's supporters in the lower bowl of the stands, each one wearing a T-shirt in one of the colors of the Italian flag: green, white or red. They would reprise that song, in English, interspersing it with claps. During the coin toss, Paolini stood mostly still, while Swiatek went through her usual paces, shifting side to side and taking cuts of forehands and backhands.And, actually, it soon looked as if they were right. That's because Swiatek went through a bit of a shaky stretch, failing to convert a break point in the second game, then getting broken to trail 2-1 after 13 minutes when she flubbed a forehand, sending it way long.
Soon, she was sitting on the sideline and used her phone to snap a selfie while holding up four fingers to represent her haul of French Open trophies.
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