Game-by-game report: Will the defending champion power to another Paris title or can her Italian opponent cause a shock? Join Tanya Aldred to find out
Paolini has the crowd on side, and a couple of unforced errors suggests it might be getting to Swiatek – going love 30 down on her own serve. A huge rally follows which Paolini sets up with drop shot. She has two break points, another mistake from Swiatek and all of a sudden Paolini has the early break!An excellent start from Paolini, moving confidently and hitting with purpose.
Tim Henman is analysing the Paolini game. “Her return of serve is going to be critical today. Against Rybakina, her return point was extremely varied and she gets the ball deep, neutralising the serve.”Swaitek winning both games. Swiatek, aged just 17, won 6-2, 6-1 in a 2018 Czech ITF challenger and in 2022 won 6-3, 6-0 en route to the US Open title.old sapling a late bloomer but, in tennis terms, Paolini is.
2024, however, has seen something of a turnaround. She reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, danced in the top 20 after winning the WTA 1000 Dubai Tennis Championship and has now clawed her way into theTrivia fact – both finalists speak Polish, as Paolini’s mother has Polish heritage and spoke Polish to her at home.– and won all of them. She was triumphant at the US Open in 2022 and at Roland-Garros in 2020, 2022 and 2023. And has won 20 consecutive matches on the Paris clay.
Welcome to our coverage of the women’s singles final between Iga Swiatek and Jasmine Paolini in Paris. The No. 1 seed’s arrival in the final is no surprise – the queen of clay has been in majestic form since coming back from match point against Naomi Osaka in the third round, and is now on course to become only the third woman to win three successive French titles in the open era – after Justine Henin.
Paolini’s position the other side of the net is more of an eye-opener, having never previously gone beyond the second round in Paris. At 28, she is finally finding her wings. Can she overturn the odds and defeat Swiatek? We will find out soon.
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