One day left to be No. 1 in the world, Iga Swiatek He made sure to rise with a title to his name in the WTA rankings. towards the finals 2022 Miami Open and being against a former World No. 1 and 4-time Grand Slam champion Naomi OsakaSwiatek won the finals 6-4, 6-0, winning their 17th game in a row.
Her 17-game winning streak saw Iga win the Qatar Open, Indian Wells Open and Miami Open in Doha, winning 3 consecutive WTA-1000 titles and becoming the first woman to win the first three WTA-1000 titles of the season. The win in Miami was Iga’s 6th title in his career, and the Poles have yet to celebrate their 21st birthday.
After shocking the world with his title run 2020 French Open, Iga had a tough time on the Tour in the 2021 season with greater expectations than the 19-year-old. He finished the 2021 season with just two titles, one in Adelaide at the start of the season, and subsequently won the title. 2021 Italian Open To win the first WTA-1000 title of the season.
Having already won 3 major championships, Iga talked about how he finds it difficult to believe that he has won so many titles after a tough 2021 season. “It’s fun. I’m very satisfied and full. I’m very proud of myself. I feel like I should celebrate because I don’t know how long I’m going to keep this series going. It’s pretty weird because I’m used to losing. I accepted that I would lose more tournaments than I would win in tennis, so that’s pretty weird.” As reported by Welovetennis, he said after his win at Iga Miami.
Iga Swiatek became the youngest woman to win the Sunshine Double.
Sunny DoubleThe name given to the Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments are 1000 category events on both the ATP and WTA Tour and are two of the most important tournaments. Pole broken with win in Miami Kim ClijstersThe Belgian finished the record in 2005 at the age of 21.
The only player to complete the Sunshine Double before Iga Jim Courier (1991) and Michael Chang (1992) were both 20 years old, but several months older than Iga reached. The fact that Swiatek is World Number 2 is just another sleeper because on April 4, when the standings are updated, he will be the new World Number 1, making him the first Polish player to achieve this feat.
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