The Polish world No 1 thrashes so many of her opponents that a third consecutive French Open title seems inevitable
at the Italian Open this month, she was asked what adjustments she would make against the best player in the world. She did not need time to consider her response: “Win more games.”
At the WTA finals last year, Swiatek closed out the season with a 6-1, 6-0 destruction of the fifth seed, Jessica Pegula. “Ended the year through the Iga bakery factory lol,” the American wrote.Iga Swiatek’s destruction of Jessica Pegula in the 2023 WTA Finals meant she regained her world No 1 ranking, celebrated with cake rather than breadsticks.
But it is also a reflection of her simply being a better tennis player than her opponents. On the final day of his professional career, as he discussed the generations of players to come, Roger Federer departed with one last gem: “The best movers are the best players,” he said. Swiatek’s supreme athleticism is one of the attributes that distinguish her from the rest of the field.
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