On this newest victory, the 21-year-old comprehensively dismantled No. 20 seed Daria Kasatkina 6-2 6-1 in an hour and 4 minutes to succeed in her second French Open last the place she’s going to face both Coco Gauff or Martina Trevisan.
The Pole gained her first grand slam title at Roland Garros in 2020 when she defeated Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1.
“I attempt to deal with each match the identical manner,” Swiatek stated after the match. “If I notice it is without doubt one of the largest matches of the season, it stresses me out, so I attempt to simply give attention to a activity and I take heed to music.”
It was the fourth time that these two gamers had confronted one another this yr, and on the earlier three events, Swiatek had come out on prime.
Kasatkina initially stored tempo with the Polish phenomenon, pegging her to 2-2 within the first set earlier than Swiatek took 10 of the following 11 video games to seal the match.
Such was her dominance that the world No. 1 dropped simply two factors on her first serve throughout the first set whereas Kasatkina, who had not dropped a set all event, noticed her forehand buckle underneath strain and she or he conceded 24 unforced errors.
In whole, Swiatek conceded simply 11 factors on her serve in your complete match, and 4 of these got here in the one recreation during which she was damaged. Kasatkina’s serve fared much less properly and was damaged 5 instances throughout the match.
“It’s simpler to play matches with this type of assist,” Swiatek stated in entrance of a buoyant crowd on Philippe-Chatrier. “I’ve had it in each place I’ve performed this yr.
“It nonetheless surprises me as once I first began proper after my first yr was Covid and I wasn’t positive what number of Polish individuals would come, so it nonetheless surprises me.”
The ladies’s last at Roland Garros is about for Saturday.
