“An incredible achievement” Kim Clijsters and Mats Wilander short on words of appreciation for ‘champion’ Iga Swiatek following her US Open triumph
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Kim Clijsters, Iga Swiatek, Mats Wilander
Iga Swiatek, the 21-year-old Polish professional is undoubtedly one of the best players in the world in the women’s circuit currently, ranked world number 1, there is not a single player in the world that Iga Swiatek cannot beat with the kind of form the Polish international is in.
Despite struggling for form for the majority of her hard-court swing, Iga Swiatek made up for those bad runs at the Poland Open, Canadian Open, and the Cincinnati Open. Swiatek made a major comeback as she went all the way in the US Open and won the title after defeating Ons Jabeur in the penultimate match.
Mats Wilander and Kim Clijsters laud Iga Swiatek after her US Open triumph
World number 1 Iga Swiatek showed her fans just what she is capable of as she won the 2022 US Open after defeating Ons Jabeur in straight sets in the penultimate match of the tournament. Swiatek was lauded by the likes of Mats Wilander and Kim Clijsters following her title victory.
Clijsters said, “An incredible achievement, She is so young, I think we forget that sometimes. We see her being so focused and so dedicated but she is an incredible champion and she gave a great speech as well. It was very impressive. It is just an amazing, amazing moment for her. She has everything it takes to win many more times as a champion at Grand Slams. To me, her biggest strength is her movement. She can get so many balls back and she did that today.“
Mats Wilander had a lot to say about the brilliant Iga Swiatek as well, he said, “The way she is going and the pace she is playing at – she is playing a different game. It is a different level. She looks so hungry as well, all the time. So it is going to be tough to slow her down. The defence is absolutely unbelievable. She just looks comfortable as the world No. 1 and I don’t think that makes any difference to her. She is chasing something else all the time, and that is improvement.”
Swiatek made leaps of improvement coming into the US Open as she won the third grand slam title of her career and the second done this year, the Polish international maintains a mammoth lead in the WTA rankings as well and she will be world number 1 in the future as well it seems.
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Akshit Bhatnagar
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