‘THIS’ year-end record by young sensation Iga Swiatek will blow your mind


‘THIS’ year-end record by young sensation Iga Swiatek will blow your mind

Iga Swiatek

World No. 9 Iga Swiatek continues to impress on the Tour with her consistent performances across tournaments. The 20-year old Pole also reached her career-high ranking of World No. 4 this season. Iga took the tennis world by storm when she won the 2020 French Open as a 19-year old teenager and since then has been very consistent.

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In the 2021 season, she won two titles, the WTA-500 Adelaide International and then went on to win the WTA-1000 Italian Open with her victory in Rome being the quickest final as she defeated former champion Karolina Pliskova 6-0, 6-0 in just 46 minutes. She also became the first player born in the 21st century to qualify for the WTA Finals.

The record that has everyone talking however was achieved by the youngster at the 2021 US Open. With her qualification into the 4th round after she defeated Anett Kontaveit in the 3rd round and all fixtures confirmed for the Round of 16, she became the only woman this season on the WTA Tour to reach the second week of all the 4 Grand Slam tournaments this year.

Iga Swiatek finishes the year in the Top-10 for the first time in her career

Iga Swiatek
Iga Swiatek with the 2021 Italian Open trophy

As Iga entered the Top-10 of the WTA rankings for the first time in her career, she makes the most of the situation and finishes the year within the Top-10 year-end rankings which makes her the youngest of the lot this year.

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At age 20, Iga as the World No. 9 is the youngest player in the year-end rankings this year with World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka the next youngest player aged 23. With a fantastic season this year at such a young age, Iga is just starting on the Tour and greater things are surely expected from the Polish sensation.

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