Iga Swiatek topples Ons Jabeur 6-2 7-6(5) in the final in New York on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. This is the first time that the Pole conquered this tournament. Her best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 4th round. Here you can see when her history at this event.
The Pole added $ 1,300,000 to her prize money after conquering this final. She has earned $ 2,600,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Ons Jabeur U.S. Open – New York
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At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 81 points vs. Jabeur’s 66.
Swiatek
Iga won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points since she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Jabeur
On the other side, Jabeur had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Swiatek and Jabeur is 3-2 for Iga.
This was the 10th career title for the Pole. (see list of titles and finals). Jabeur remains with 3rd titles after she conquered the tournament in Birmingham 2021, in Madrid 2022 and in Berlin 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
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Swiatek had a racing start in this set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Pole to win the set because the Tunisian found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Pole kept her cool to break the Tunisian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Pole converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Tunisian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 42 points. Swiatek conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Jabeur (28-14). Iga conceded 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the net, Jabeur conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Swiatek had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Swiatek to win the set since the Tunisian managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Iga kept her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
The Pole won 6 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Ons won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Iga converted 25% of her break points (2/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Iga saved 1 set point when she was trailing 4-5. Moreover, on the other side, Ons converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had her opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 6th (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 105 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Pole won barely 1 point more than Ons (53-52). The Pole conceded 25 points on serve (25-25). On the other side, Jabeur conceded 28 points on serve (27-28).
Iga Swiatek in New York |
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