Swiatek eliminates Haddad and reaches the French Open final

Iga Swiatek, world number 1, had to spend more than 2 hours on the court but won in straight sets vs. Maia Beatriz Haddad, world number 14, and will play for the title in the Roland-Garros.

Iga will once again play a final here at Roland-Garros 💪#rolandgarros | @iga_swiatek pic.twitter.com/LafT6W8dQK

— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 8, 2023

93.1% – Only Margaret Court at the Australian Open (95.5%) and Court at Roland-Garros (95.2%) have a higher winning ratio than Iga Swiatek at Roland-Garros (93.1%) in a single Grand Slam in the Open Era. Parisian.#RolandGarros | @WTA @WTA_insider @rolandgarros pic.twitter.com/E6UqOqX2Z8

— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 8, 2023

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Iga won the 1^st set 6-2 after breaking her opponent’s serve 3 times as the world number 1 converted 3 break points from 3 available. The 2^nd set was equal as it lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. After 1 break from each, they played a tiebreak, and Swiatek won it 9-7 and got the victory.

The Polish will face world number 43 Karolina Muchova in the final on Saturday on Roland-Garros as no matter which will win the trophy, Iga will remain the world number 1 next week.

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13 consecutive wins in Paris for reigning champ @iga_swiatek!

The World No.1 defeats Haddad Maia 6-2, 7-6(7) and will defend her #RolandGarros title in Saturday’s final against Muchova 🔜 pic.twitter.com/qsFJIzjUJx

— wta (@WTA) June 8, 2023