Poland's Iga Swiatek continued her dominance on Parisian clay with a third French Open crown in the last four years, defeating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in a thrilling final to capture her fourth Grand Slam title on Saturday.
Swiatek has now lost only two out of 26 Grand Slam matches since moving to world number one in April last year and the 22-year-old became the youngest woman to bag consecutive trophies at Roland Garros since Monica Seles, who triumphed from 1990-92.
"Congratulations to your team. I know how much teams are important I wouldn't be here without my team. To my team, sorry for being such a pain in the... I'll try to do better. The Czech, who prevailed the only time the pair faced off in Prague in 2019, launched herself into Swiatek's second serve but sprayed far too many errors and allowed her opponent to go up a set in 44 minutes with another break.
After breaking back to make it 5-5, Swiatek surrendered her serve again but saved two set points before Muchova pulled off a magical volley at full stretch to set up another and finally forced a decider.
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