“Won the whole tournament in three hours,” Iga Swiatek destroys Jessica Pegula to retain title in Qatar
Tennis world go crazy as Iga Swiatek destroyed the opponents in Qatar open
Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula
The tennis world goes crazy as the Polish world No.1 Iga Swiatek is back at her best in the Qatar Open after the shocking fourth-round exit in the Australian Open 2023. In the final here in Qatar, the Super Polish destroyed the American World No.4 Jessica Pegula in straights- 6-3, 6-0. The polish bagelled each of the opponents she faced during the whole tournament.
The win against Pegula was sweet revenge for the Polish. Earlier this year in the United cup, the American was able to beat Swiatek: 6-2, 6-2. The Qatar Open final was the exact opposite of what happened a month back. The World No.1 completed the destruction by winning the last 8 games in a row after the American broke back to make it 3-4 in the first set.
The tennis Twitter got flooded with the one-woman show of the Polish in Qatar. she gave away just 5 games in total during the whole tournament. if the match times are added up, she needed only about 3 hours only to win the whole tournament. There were people comparing the same with the famous Rafael Nadal–Alexander Zverev semi-final of the French Open 2022 where these two men took 3 hours+ to play two sets of tennis before the German hurt his ankle and withdrew.
“More than it seems,” Iga Swiatek calls the Qatar Open title special
The Polish star truly enjoys being back at the top of her game. It is understandable how big the win is for Iga Swiatek even though the Qatar Open is only a WTA-500 tournament. She would have had to deal with a lot of demons after the shocking loss in Australian Open 2023 where she was the firm favorite.
Iga Swiatek tweeted after the Qatar Open win, “I’m so happy of all work we put in as a team. I will definitely enjoy and appreciate this moment because for me it means more than it seems. Thank you team for having my back.“
Being able to win all the matches after destroying the opponents will give the Polish huge confidence for the rest of the year. Though she didn’t have to face Belinda Bencic in the pre-quarterfinals of the tournament due to the latter’s withdrawal, winning a tournament in 3 hours including 3 bagels after giving away just 5 games the whole tournament is quite unreal.
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