Poland's Swiatek captures French Open title without dropping a set the entire tournament


Iga Swiatek, an unseeded 19-year-old, became the first ever tennis player from Poland to win a Grand Slam singles title after she defeated her 21-year-old American opponent and Australian open champion Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 in the French Open Final on Saturday.
The 54th-ranked Swiatek had only played in seven major tournaments before this year's French Open and never made it past the fourth round. But while her run to the title sounds improbable, ESPN notes it wasn't fluky. She didn't drop a set the entire tournament, becoming the first woman to achieve the feat at Roland-Garros since Justine Henin in 2007. And while some top players like Naomi Osaka and last year's French Open winner, Ash Barty, sat out the event, and Serena Williams withdrew after an injury, Swiatek still had to beat some formidable opponents along the way, including Simona Halep and, of course, Kenin. Read more at ESPN.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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