“She’s allowed to lose one after a historic season” Tennis Twitter celebrates Iga Swiatek’s successful season after her semifinal loss at the WTA Finals

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek‘s remarkable 2022 season came to an unfortunate end a match earlier than she would have prepared herself for. The World No. 1 concluded the year with a whooping 11,085 ranking points, the most since Serena Williams scored 13,615 way back in 2013. For those uninitiated, her WTA Finals journey has come to an end, at least for this year, as Aryna Sabalenka defeated her 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 to advance to the final of the year-ending-tournament on Sunday.

This must have come as a surprise for many, as the Polish sensation looked almost unbeatable throughout the competition. The loss also ended her 15-match winning streak against opponents who are in Top-10 of the ranking table.

As expected, her loss elicited a plethora of reactions online, with fans and followers chiming in with their positive remarks about her amazing journey this season. Judging by the tweets that have been made following the epic two hours seven minutes long clash, it seems like although fans wanted Iga to win the year-ending championship; they were majorly content and happy with what she was able to accomplish in 2022.

Iga Swiatek looked shaky from the start. She lost the first set but made a comeback in the second set to win it. However, the US Open and French Open champions lost five games in a row in the third and the final set to lose the match. She made many mistakes during the game and acknowledged them in the post-match interview. The Polish star still can’t believe how incredible her 2022 season had been so far and how the season unfolded for her professional career.

“In the third, I just started making mistakes from shots that I wouldn’t make mistakes usually,” the World No.1 said.

“At the beginning of the first set, I just wanted to be kind of focused. Maybe I didn’t realize soon enough that I should be more pepped up,” she further added.

Aryna Sabalenka hands Iga Swiatek her 1st loss to a Top 10 player since January, 62 26 61 to advance to the biggest final of her career at the #WTAFinals.

After going 0-4 to Swiatek all season, Sabalenka puts all her lessons learned into a composed match to earn the win.

— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) November 7, 2022

Meanwhile, in another semi-final, Caroline Garcia defeated Maria Sakkari in straight sets to storm into the final round of the WTA Finals tournament. Caroline Garcia of France and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus will play against each other in the final to win the prestigious WTA Finals trophy on Sunday.

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Fans extended their unconditioned support and love toward Iga Swiatek for her incredible 2022 run

Despite losing her semi-final round, the World No. 1 still managed to win hearts with her incredible 2022 run. While the majority of Twitter users extended their support to the polish player, others hoped for her to continue her unbeatable dominance next year as well.

Sharing a wide spectrum of positive reactions online, here’s what fans had to say:

Iga Swiatek ends her triumphant season with a surprise: a 3 set defeat to Aryna Sabalenka in the semis of the WTA Finals. Very up and down match 6-2 2-6 6-1 and Sabalenka will now face Caroline Garcia for the title and the biggest victory of either player’s career

— Christopher Clarey ?? ?? ?? (@christophclarey) November 7, 2022

On expected lines, sadly 🙁
V erratic match from #swiatek n couldn't swing it together #Sabalenka with purposeful serving was accurate on the big pts and recovered well in Set 3 beating 2022's best @WTAFinals #IgaSwiatek ##WTAFinals #Belarus https://t.co/MHbqPjpCJx

— Anand Sivashankar (@ggmarquez) November 7, 2022

After her dominance throughout the year, it would have been fitting for @iga_swiatek to win the @WTAFinals. But such is the sport. Congrats to @SabalenkaA. Fine, restrained performance from her. I think mentally it was a different @SabalenkaA

— vrinda walavalkar (@Vrinda_W) November 7, 2022

Sabalenka in her 3 previous matches in WTA finals this week -> 6 aces

Sabalenka today v Swiatek -> 10 Aces

(Only 8 Double faults so far in this match) #Sabalenka #Swiatek #WtaFinals pic.twitter.com/pD9y42Rqpb

— Karthik Rao (@Cric_Karthikk) November 7, 2022

Many of her fans thanked her for all the amazing feats she had achieved this year.

Iga Świątek's amazing 2022???

✨ 67 wins, 37 in a row
89.33% win rate
8 titles, 6 in a row
?? Grand Slams
???? 1000
?? 500
22 ? 6-0
20 ? 6-1
✨ 15 Top 10 wins in a row
32+ weeks World no 1
✨ 11,085 points | 6,030 over no 2
$9.8M prize ?

— Jasmine ✨? 1GA ?✨ (@igababygoat) November 6, 2022

#MatchReport

It’s hard to believe that this is the end of the season. Sabalenka wins 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. It just didn’t work today..

But what a year it was! There will be time for summary but for now.. THANK YOU IGA! @iga_swiatek #SwiatekNews #IgaSwiatek #JazdaIga

— Iga Świątek News (@IgaSwiatek_News) November 7, 2022

Champ @iga_swiatek no Problem and nothing Changes, We will come back strong in 2023. #igaswiatek

— Karthikeyan.N (@karthikeyan770) November 7, 2022

She's allowed to lose one after such a historic season

— Djokodal (@djokodal) November 7, 2022

Amazing 2022 for #Swiatek who started year at No.9 & became a dominant No.1 after #Barty's retirement! Only 2 losses to Top 10 players in the whole year-to #Barty in January & now a 3 set loss to #Sabalenka 2-6, 6-2, 1-6 in semis of #WTAFinals.How many slams will Iga win in 2023? https://t.co/UWkEopRtsX

— Hidden truth Guru (@rajeshworld) November 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/line_caught/status/1589460516250193920

we don't care about this match, we care about the whole season. iga, you were absolutely phenomenal, it was a pleasure watching you. in my dreams i wouldn't imagine such a fantastic season and i'm so grateful for that. thank you @iga_swiatek, thank you iganators❤️ pic.twitter.com/Q3ZrHyjUVA

— madzia (@joinourcarnival) November 7, 2022

https://twitter.com/whomstissarah/status/1589460685398114304?cxt=HHwWgIDUmc6E844sAAAA

Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka have met a total of four times previously in various tournaments this season. However, this is the first time the Belarusian was able to cause a major upset and, she did it on the biggest stage and in the season-ending tournament with utmost perfection, much to the delight of her fans. There is no denying the fact that after this glorious victory against the World No. 1. Aryna will be extra motivated and determined to win against World No.6 Caroline Garcia to lay her hands on the first WTA singles title this year.

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