US Open 2022: World No.1 Iga Swiatek gained the hard-court event after beating fifth seed Ons Jabeur within the remaining of the ladies’s singles at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur in straight units to say maiden US Open title. Courtesy: AP
HIGHLIGHTSIga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) within the remainingIga Swiatek gained her maiden US Open singles title on SaturdayOns Jabeur misplaced back-to-back Grand Slam finals
Iga Swiatek, on Saturday, September 10, gained the ladies’s singles title in US Open 2022 after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) within the remaining at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The 21-year-old gained her third grand slam title, the primary two being French Open championships in 2020 and 2022 respectively.
Swiatek earned an early break and took a 3-0 lead within the first set. Jabeur strained to the extent that she may solely win two factors within the first three video games. However, Jabeur broke Swiatek’s serve to make a comeback into the match.
However, Swiatek was too good to crumble underneath stress. She earned one more break to shut out the opening set 6-2 in lower than half an hour.
In the second set, Swiatek acquired her third break within the match as Jabeur saved gasping for breath. After going 0-3 down, Jabeur seemed fully down and out.
However, she one way or the other broke Swiatek’s serve to make it 2-3 within the second set. But one more time, simply when she had an opportunity to stage a comeback, Swiatek earned her fifth break within the match.
Nevertheless, as an alternative of giving up, Jabeur broke Swiatek’s serve to make it 4-4 within the second set.
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She saved a championship level and took the second set into the tie-breaker. But Swiatek took a 4-2 result in once more push Jabeur on the backfoot. Thereafter, Jabeur went on to win three factors in a row, making it 5-2. In the tip, Swiatek saved her composure to return up trumps.
Jabeur gained as many as 9 break factors, however her efforts went in useless. Earlier this 12 months, she misplaced the Wimbledon singles remaining to Elena Rybakina and she or he has now confronted back-to-back heartbreaks in grand slam finals.
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