Swiatek wins third French Open, fourth Grand Slam title

Iga Swiatek battled past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win her third French Open title on Saturday and become the first woman to successfully defend the Roland Garros title since 2007.

The 22-year-old Swiatek is just the third woman in the open era to win each of her first four Grand Slam finals, the Pole adding to her 2020 and 2022 titles in Paris and last year’s US Open triumph.

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Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka are the only other players to accomplish the feat.

Swiatek, the world No 1 from Poland, is also the youngest woman to claim back-to-back French Open titles since Monica Seles in the early 1990s.