US Open 2022: Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur in straight sets to claim maiden singles title at Flushing Meadows

US Open 2022: World No.1 Iga Swiatek won the hard-court tournament after beating fifth seed Ons Jabeur in the final of the women’s singles at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur in straight sets to claim maiden US Open title. Courtesy: AP

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the final
  • Iga Swiatek won her maiden US Open singles title on Saturday
  • Ons Jabeur lost back-to-back Grand Slam finals

Iga Swiatek, on Saturday, September 10, won the women’s singles title in US Open 2022 after beating Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in the final at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The 21-year-old won her third grand slam title, the first two being French Open championships in 2020 and 2022 respectively.

Swiatek earned an early break and took a 3-0 lead in the first set. Jabeur strained to the extent that she could only win two points in the first three games. However, Jabeur broke Swiatek’s serve to make a comeback into the match.

However, Swiatek was too good to crumble under pressure. She earned yet another break to close out the opening set 6-2 in less than half an hour.

In the second set, Swiatek got her third break in the match as Jabeur kept gasping for breath. After going 0-3 down, Jabeur looked completely down and out.

However, she somehow broke Swiatek’s serve to make it 2-3 in the second set. But yet another time, just when she had a chance to stage a comeback, Swiatek earned her fifth break in the match.

Nevertheless, instead of giving up, Jabeur broke Swiatek’s serve to make it 4-4 in the second set.

She saved a championship point and took the second set into the tie-breaker. But Swiatek took a 4-2 lead to again push Jabeur on the backfoot. Thereafter, Jabeur went on to win three points in a row, making it 5-2. In the end, Swiatek kept her composure to come up trumps.

Jabeur won as many as nine break points, but her efforts went in vain. Earlier this year, she lost the Wimbledon singles final to Elena Rybakina and she has now faced back-to-back heartbreaks in grand slam finals.

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