Swiatek soars to Adelaide title as French Open champion wins again

Iga Swiatek produced the game that took her to grand slam glory as the French Open champion crushed Belinda Bencic in the Adelaide International final.

🏆😊Four happy kids…
Thank you for sharing this journey with me. It definitely would be less fun without you.

🏆😊Team. Dziękuję, że jesteście ze mną. Bez Was byłoby mi zdecydowanie mniej zabawnie.@Sierzputowsky@abramowiczd@MRyszczuk pic.twitter.com/H5GDdBq52h

— Iga Świątek (@iga_swiatek) February 27, 2021

A 6-2 6-2 victory for Swiatek was the perfect way for the Polish 19-year-old to complete a successful week in which she did not drop a set in five matches, losing only 22 games.  Swiatek achieved her shock Roland-Garros triumph in the same way, sweeping through the Paris draw untroubled with a string of straight-sets wins.  She appears set to climb into the world’s top 10 before long, with this week’s work enough for her to jump three places to number 15 in the WTA rankings.

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Leading the winners count 22-9 reflected Swiatek’s dominance of a match that she closed out in one hour and six minutes.

Swiatek: “It’s been amazing playing here in Australia”

Swiatek reached the Australian Open fourth round earlier in February, with her run in Melbourne halted when Simona Halep avenged her French Open defeat to the teenager.

After sinking Bencic’s Adelaide title hopes, Swiatek expressed gratitude to tournament organisers and the Australian government for allowing tennis stars into the country, which has imposed tight restrictions on travel during the pandemic.

Swiatek said in an on-court speech:

“I want to thank everybody who made this whole swing possible. It’s been amazing playing here in Australia and I love to play here. Also, the government, thank you for letting us play and thank you for the opportunity.”

Iga Swiatek captures her 1st hardcourt title and 1st overall since Roland Garros, defeating Belinda Bencic 62 62 to win @AdelaideTennis.

Dominant in every department today to tally her 7th Top 20 win. Will rise to a career-high No.15. pic.twitter.com/NT1RLJ20FQ

— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) February 27, 2021