Swiatek became the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam singles title. She did it without losing a set at Roland Garros, and no more than five games in any match.
Iga Swiatek, an unseeded teenager from Poland, won her first tour title at the French Open on Saturday with a 6-4,6-1 defeat of Sofia Kenin, the reigning Australian Open champion and No.4 seed at Roland Garros. Swiatek,19, the youngest woman to reach the French Open final since 18-year-old Kim Clijsters in 2001, became the first man or woman from Poland to win a Grand Slam singles title. She entered the tournament with a No.54 world ranking, a recently acquired high-school diploma and a vague plan to test her game on the WTA Tour for what she described as a “gap year” before deciding whether she wanted to continue her education at a university. University, it appears, will have to wait.
