French Open: Iga Swiatek’s shocking win over fourth seeded Sofia Kenin is the Grand Slam champion

19-year-old Iga Swiatek is the surprise Grand Slam champion, the lowest-ranked woman to ever win the French Open and owes her victory to her father Tomasz, a former rower who competed in the 1988 Olympics.

“I was not expecting to win this trophy, I feel like I kind of made history”, the pole said after her dominant 6-4 6-1 win over fourth seeded American Sofia Kenin in Saturday’s final.

The teenager who did not drop a set in the tournament, is the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam title and youngest French Open women’s champion since Monica Seles in 1992.

Iga Swiatek, a Maths enthusiast wchih helped her game, allowing her to see3 the geometry of the oourt, also employed a psychologist as a permanent part of her team. “ If I am still top 100 for a few more years, then probably, I am going to go to university.”

Iga Swiatek’s was at crossroads at the start of the French Open  whether she would commit to tennis long term or go to university. She won the Wimbledon Junior title in 2018.

A host of young stars offering a global appeal  in these exciting times for women’s tennis, like Naomi Osaka (22) of Japan, Canada’s Andreescu, Amanda Anisikova(19), Coco Gauff (16), Australia’s Ash Barty (24) and Kenin (21) from United States.

Swiatek took only 70 minutes to beat Argentine Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 7-5 to reach the first major final.

American Kenin (21) who won the Australian Open overcame Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitova 6-4,7-5 to reach final.