Iga Swiatek avenged last year’s Madrid Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka by beating her in an epic final this year.
The Polish player put together an impressive week of tennis to find herself in the Madrid Open final again. After failing to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, everybody expected Swiatek to come out with a lot of fire, and she certainly did just that.
She made it to the final without any problems, unlike the Belarusian, who had to endure a couple of tricky matches. The H2H generally favors Swiatek, but Sabalenka has given her problems in the past.
Iga Swiatek avenged last year’s Madrid Open loss to Aryna Sabalenka by beating her in an epic final this year.
The Polish player put together an impressive week of tennis to find herself in the Madrid Open final again. After failing to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, everybody expected Swiatek to come out with a lot of fire, and she certainly did just that.
She made it to the final without any problems, unlike the Belarusian, who had to endure a couple of tricky matches. The H2H generally favors Swiatek, but Sabalenka has given her problems in the past.
She won the opening set 7-5 but fell behind rather quickly in the second set. Sabalenka was quite overwhelming from the baseline most of the time, but Swiatek could handle that well. She didn’t handle it that well in the second set.
She won the opening set 7-5 but fell behind rather quickly in the second set. Sabalenka was quite overwhelming from the baseline most of the time, but Swiatek could handle that well. She didn’t handle it that well in the second set.
Sabalenka jumped out to an early lead of 3-1, but Swiatek was able to battle back and make it 3-3. After that, both players won their service games comfortably, and it was 4-4.
Sabalenka would get match points at 5-4, but she slammed the forehand wide. The match ended up in a tiebreak ultimately, and Swiatek was able to get it done with her second match point. She saved three herself to win the match 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7).