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straight sets, 6-1 6-3. It marks the second time Swiatek has been named the French Open women’s singles champion, following her surprise victory in 2020 as an unseeded teenager—a win that made her the tournament’s youngest champion since for the longest win streak in the WTA tour this century.

(Williams achieved her 35-match run back in 2000.) Given her world number one placement, and the absence of some of Swiatek’s fiercest potential competitors at the French Open this year, the Polish player had been the odds-on favorite to take home the top prize of the Suzanne-Lenglen Cup. last—Swiatek was clearly ready to continue her dominance on this year’s tour. The first set took just 32 minutes, with the Polish player opening the match by breaking Gauff’s serve before cruising to a 4-0 lead before Gauff won her only game in the set.

While the second set saw Gauff take back some ground as she won the first two games, Gauff later raced through five straight games to serve for the championship at 5-3; after Gauff’s return went long, a visibly emotional Swiatek dropped to the clay to take her second Grand Slam.