Swiatek retains French Open title

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek captured her third French Open singles title and second in a row at Roland Garros following a roller-coaster victory over Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic on Saturday. It was the fourth Grand Slam trophy for Swiatek. The Pole sealed a 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 victory after two hours and 46 minutes in a match that ended with an unexpected double fault from her Czech opponent. Thus Swiatek became the first woman to finish back-to-back in Paris since Justine Henin in 2007. “I don’t know what I felt,” Swiatek told a crowded press room. “It’s hard to describe. But a lot of happiness. I felt suddenly tired of these three weeks. Maybe my matches weren’t like physically exhausting, but it’s pretty hard to kind of keep your focus for these almost three weeks.