With a ruthlessness that echoed Rafa Nadal in his Roland Garros heyday, “Queen of Clay” Iga Swiatek has blasted her way to a fourth French Open singles title, dismantling Jasmine Paolini quite mercilessly on Court Philippe Chatrier. At just 23, Swiatek’s current domination of women’s tennis was underlined by her 6-2, 6-1 victory over the surprise Italian finalist Paolini in the most one-sided of finals on Sunday morning .
But that was as good as it got for the diminutive Tuscan, whose early bounce was soon deflated once Swiatek immediately then hit her stride and allowed Paolini just four more points in the set. Making it 21 wins in a row at Roland Garros, Swiatek went on to enjoy a third successive triumph in the Paris slam, a fourth in five years and a fifth grand slam in all.