Iga Swiatek tops Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in the final in Paris on Saturday. The match lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. Iga was leading 6-2 3-0 after she had to face a fierce comeback from her opponent. Eventually, she conquered the match in the decider. This is the 3 times that Swiatek wins the tournament. Here you can see when her history at this event.
The Pole added € 1,150,000 to her prize money after winning this final. She has earned € 2,300,000 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Karolina Muchova French Open – Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aVEdw3ATQY
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Swiatek scored 96 points vs. Muchova’s 81.
Swiatek
Iga was pretty good at converting 64% of the break points that she procured (7/11).
Muchova
On the other side, Muchova didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that she conquered points (5/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Swiatek and Muchova is 1-1.
This was the 14th career title for Swiatek. (see list of titles and finals). Karolina remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Seoul 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
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Swiatek started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. The Pole managed to boost her lead after breaking Karolina in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The Pole converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Muchova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 55 points. The Pole conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Karolina (34-21). The Pole dropped 10 points on serve (20-10). on the other side of the net, Karolina conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
Swiatek commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Muchova was not done to come back to break Swiatek 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
Muchova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Iga was perfect in converting all her break points in the 2nd (3-1 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40).
They contested 69 points. The contest during this set was so even that Karolina won only 1 point more than Iga (35-34). Karolina conceded 17 points on serve (20-17). On the other side, Iga conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Swiatek had a favorable start in this set after breaking Karolina Muchova in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Iga succeeded in coming back to break Muchova 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Swiatek converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Karolina converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Iga won just 3 more points than the Czech (28-25). Swiatek conceded 12 points on serve (14-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Czech conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Iga Swiatek in Paris |
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