{"id":37075,"date":"2022-06-05T01:15:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/iga-swiatek-downs-coco-gauff-for-second-french-open-title\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T01:15:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T01:15:10","slug":"iga-swiatek-downs-coco-gauff-for-second-french-open-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/iga-swiatek-downs-coco-gauff-for-second-french-open-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Iga Swiatek downs Coco Gauff for second French Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PARIS – Iga Swiatek is so efficient, so smooth, with a racket in her hand, seemingly never flustered a bit and, for months now, never beaten.<\/p>\n

The only time she looked even the slightest bit shaken Saturday at Court Philippe Chatrier was after her 6-1, 6-3 victory against Coco Gauff in the final was finished, pushing the No. 1-ranked Swiatek’s winning streak to 35 matches and her French Open title count to two.<\/p>\n

That’s when the tears flowed, first during the Polish national anthem – Swiatek is the only player from that nation to win a Grand Slam singles title – and, again, during the trophy ceremony.<\/p>\n

“I just told Coco, ‘Don’t cry,'” said Swiatek, who claimed the 2020 French Open while still a teen and ranked outside the top 50, “and what am I doing right now?”<\/p>\n

She interrupted herself a few times during her victory speech, at one point admonishing, “Oh, my God. It seems like I still need some experience.” But Swiatek also gathered her thoughts of her well enough to offer support and wishes of hope for Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February.<\/p>\n

“Stay strong, because the world is still there,” Swiatek told Ukrainians, whose blue-and-yellow flag is represented by a ribbon of those colors she has been wearing on her white cap during matches.<\/p>\n