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Top-ranked Swiatek dominates No. 2 Sabalenka to claim her 3rd Italian Open title

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The latest matchup between top-ranked Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka was hardly a contest. Swiatek was in control from the start as she won the Italian Open final 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday. She earned her third trophy on Rome’s red clay and established herself as the overwhelming favorite at the French Open again.

Iga Swiatek , of Poland, returns the ball to Aryna Sabalenka , of Belarus, during the Italian Open tennis tournament final match at Rome ’s Foro Italico, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Iga Swiatek , of Poland, serves to Aryna Sabalenka , of Belarus, during the Italian Open tennis tournament final match at Rome ’s Foro Italico, Saturday, May 18, 2024.

The final was quite a contrast from when Swiatek had to save three match points before beating Sabalenka in a third-set tiebreaker in the Even on points when the hard-hitting Sabalenka seemed in control, Swiatek used her superb footspeed and accurate groundstrokes to turn the dynamics around and force Sabalenka into errors.Djokovic gets late wild card to Geneva Open in bid for more clay action before Roland GarrosSabalenka stepped up her game at the start of the second set but Swiatek saved seven break points in her opening two service games.

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