Athletistic/Tennis. The roster for the 2022 US Open women’s singles final was no surprise. Both tennis players are in the top 10, and this season each has already reached the decisive match on the “Helmets”. The world’s No. 1 racket, Iga Sviontek, won her second major Roland Garros title, and Tunisia’s Ons Jaber (fifth seed) reached the Wimbledon final, where she lost to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina.

Rivals in the final Sviontek and Zhaber met four times before, and the score in personal meetings was equal – 2-2. Swiatek won Washington 2019 and Rome 2022, while Jaber won Wimbledon and Cincinnati 2021. Seven-time Grand Slam champion, former US world No. Kasper Ruud, she has another chance to play the Grand Slam final. I like the way she plays. She has a great character. What she means to Africa as an athlete is simply amazing. I also like Iga. She had an amazing streak, but she kind of got lost. She may have been under pressure, but she fought hard “They are great opponents for the final,” McEnroe said, as quoted by Eurosport.

The start of the fight was better for Sviontek. After the Polish tennis player took her serve, she then broke to zero and secured the advantage in the next match – 3:0. At this moment, Zhaber started, managed to pull himself together, forced a fight, first taking his game, and then the opponent’s service – 3:2. However, that was not enough. The remaining matches of the holiday went to Iga – 6:2 in 31 minutes.

I must say that before the US Open, Sviontek had nine titles under her belt, and every time she won the first match in the final, she no longer needed the third set – Iga took care of her rivals in two. The beginning of the second part took shape as a carbon copy of the first. First, Sviontek led 3:0, then her opponent almost caught up with her – 3:2. But when Iga took the lead with a break – 4:2, she suddenly had a recession – mistakes followed, including a double. Zhaber skillfully took advantage of this, leveled the score – 4: 4, and in the ninth game she got three break points, but did not realize these chances. It came to a tie-break, where luck smiled on the Polish tennis player – 6: 2, 7: 6 (7: 5) in 1 hour 53 minutes of combat.

After the win, Sviontek turned to Ons Jaber and said the following: “There are so many temptations in the city, so many people I’ve met who are so inspiring. It’s really mind blowing to me. “So, we’ve had such an amazing tournament, such an amazing season. We’ve had a really great rivalry already and we’ll still have many important games to come, I’m pretty sure you’ll win some of them.”

Seven-time Grand Slam winner, former Swedish tennis player and now expert Mats Wilander praised the world number one after beating Ons Jaber: “The way she moves, how fast she does everything, she plays a different game It’s a different level “She always looks so hungry it will be hard to stop her. The defense is incredible. Iga is energetic in everything she does and it shows when she performs. Few female tennis players can do what she does. She seems to be comfortable being number one in the world and I don’t think it matters to her at all. She is always looking for something new and better.”

Thus, Iga Sviontek won his third Grand Slam of his career, cementing his place at the top of the WTA rankings and winning $2.6 million, which is the biggest prize Iga has received so far for winning. tournament. For comparison, the Polish tennis player received €1.6m for the title at Roland Garros 2020, and €2.2m at Roland Garros 2022. As for Ons Jaber, thanks to her arrival in the final, she will rise immediately three positions in the WTA rankings. roster and will return to his career-best position – second.

Sunday will end the US Open 2022. On the last day, the men’s final will be played, during which two debutants of the decisive stage of the US Open will meet – the Norwegian Kasper Ruud (5) and Carlos Alcaras (3 ). Moreover, unlike Alcaraz, the Norwegian has already been in the final of the “Slam”. This year at Roland Garros, Kasper opposed Nadal, but in vain. In addition to the title, Ruud and Alcaraz will also be vying for the World’s No. 1 Racket title. Note that the two players made an incredible breakthrough in the rankings during the tournament. Kasper started the competition in seventh position, Alcaraz in fourth, and before the final both were in the top 2 for the first time.