Today’s final brought Iga Świątek’s third French Open title, her fourth over all. But, in the end, it didn’t look easy at all, louisahthomas writes.
, an unseeded player who has struggled with injuries but whose talent has never been overlooked, least of all by Świątek, who admitted before the final that Muchová was one of the players she enjoyed watching most. There is a lightness to Muchová’s game—a thrilling, easy grace. “She plays with that kind of, I don’t know, freedom in her movements,” Świątek said before the match.
It was there from the start of the final. Muchová, who retired from her match at Roland Garros last year with an ankle injury, and whose ranking had tumbled into the two hundreds during her absence, was nervy, spraying her shots; she had fourteen unforced errors in the first set alone. Świątek was content for Muchová to fly toward the net, only to find the alley for a passing shot.
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