“Two years in the past, profitable this title was one thing superb, I would not anticipate it ever,” the 21-year-old mentioned throughout her on-court interview after the match.
“However this time I really feel like I labored exhausting and did every little thing to get right here despite the fact that it was fairly robust and the strain was huge.”
Swiatek dropped only one set on the way in which to the ultimate and was largely untroubled by Gauff within the American’s first grand slam singles closing.
After breaking Gauff twice firstly of the primary set, Swiatek raced right into a 4-0 lead earlier than wrapping up the set in simply 32 minutes.
The world No. 1 discovered herself below strain for the primary time within the match firstly of the second set when Gauff transformed her first break level and held her serve to take a 2-0 lead.
It was solely a glimmer of hope for the 18-year-old, nonetheless, as Swiatek shortly shut the door by taking the subsequent 5 video games in a row.
Gauff was in a position to maintain, however so too did Swiatek — taking the set, the match, and one other French Open title.
She has now gained six consecutive tournaments in a profitable run that stretches again to February 16 when she misplaced to Jelena Ostapenko in Dubai.
“I felt the strain, I felt baggage on my shoulders, I wasn’t the underdog anymore,” she informed NBC about coming into the match because the top-ranked participant on a profitable streak.
“I am much more happy with that — that I may do it and make it for the second time.”
As for Gauff, she struggled for consistency in opposition to Swiatek, hitting 23 unforced errors over the course of the match, 14 of which got here within the first set.
She was visibly emotional on the conclusion of the match, however in time will be capable to mirror on a profitable match, throughout which she did not drop a set till the ultimate.
And from Monday, Gauff will rise to a career-high place of thirteenth on this planet rankings.
“I do know that I am going to get this chance once more and I hope that I can come on high subsequent time,” she informed NBC.
“Immediately, I actually tried my greatest to win. Clearly, I’d change the consequence however the selections that I made I believed had been the best selections within the second and I am unable to actually change that.”
The main focus of the ladies’s tour now turns to the grass courtroom swing forward of Wimbledon, which begins on June 27.
Swiatek, who performs her greatest tennis on clay, has by no means progressed additional than the fourth spherical of Wimbledon in her two appearances there, however now appears more likely to higher that document within the coming weeks.
