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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2022 Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts during the trophies ceremony after winning the women’s singles final match against Cori Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Yves Herman
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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2022 Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts during the trophies ceremony after winning the women’s singles final match against Cori Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Iga Swiatek is on the path of creating history and after seeing her performance on the court, it will not be long before she creates history. She has not just won the French Open 2022 but has also broken one of Serena Williams’ record.
This is nothing short of winning a grand slam in itself for the Polish player. She expressed her joy at breaking the record of 23-time-grand slam winner, Serena Williams. This has proved as a moral booster for the incumbent world no. 1.
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Iga Swiatek on breaking Serena Williams’ record
Iga Swiatek rose to the top with her consistent and strong gameplay on the court. The world no. 1 has expressed her joy in breaking the winning streak record of Serena Williams. Serena Williams had 34-match winning streak.
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Tennis – French Open – Roland Garros, Paris, France – June 4, 2022 Poland’s Iga Swiatek in action during the women’s singles final match against Cori Gauff of the U.S. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Iga Swiatek broke her record by winning the finals in the French Open 2022 by defeating the American player Coco Gauff. She feels delighted by her achievement. The Polish player told her intentions and said, “Honestly, it wasn’t my target. I felt like I don’t have full control over doing that, so I really didn’t want it to be my goal. But after the match, I checked.”
World no. 1 astounded by her own achievement
After the match, when she saw the result, the astounding record that she had broken astounded her.
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Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – June 29, 2021 Serena Williams of the U.S. in action during her first round match against Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
She said, “Doing something better than Serena kind of. It’s the best thing you can get in tennis, basically, after what she’s done for so many years. No one is going to take it from me, you know? I’m pretty happy I could achieve that and I don’t even know how that happened, honestly. It’s all pretty weird.”
"Doing something better than Serena?
"It's the best thing you can get in tennis, basically, after what she's done for so many years."
🇵🇱 @iga_swiatek speaks with @WTA_insider once more – this time on her 35th straight match win and 2nd #RolandGarros title 👇
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After winning the French Open 2022, Iga Swiatek is now gearing up for the grass-court season.
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Interestingly, she still is not alone in having the longest match winning streak.
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Mar 31, 2022; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Iga Swiatek (POL) celebrates after her match against Jessica Pegula (USA)(not pictured) in a women’s singles semifinal in the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
She is tied with Venus Williams. Both of them have a 35-match-winning streak. Once she wins a match on the grass-court that is beginning, she will become the female player with the longest winning-streak alive.
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