Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek won the final of the WTA 1,000 category tournament in Rome after clearly defeating Aryna Sabalenka.
Iga Swiatek wins a huge amount of money after winning the Rome Masters, a WTA 1,000 category tournament, in the final of which he defeated Aeryna Sabalenka.
In the second set, Sabalenka was much more aggressive on the serve, but did not manage the decisive moments well. He missed no less than five break points at 1-0 and another two at 2-1.
Instead, Swiatek did not forgive her when he caught her red-handed. At 2-3, the Pole had a streak of four games won in a row.
Swiatek is 699,690 euros richer after winning in Rome
The player from Poland thus won her fourth tournament in 2024, after those in Doha, Indian Wells and Madrid. After the victory in Rome, Swiatek will come into possession of a check for 699,690 euros, plus 1,000 points.
On the other hand, Sabalenka lost, in Rome, the third final this year. In Brisbane she was defeated by Kazakh Elena Rybakina 0-6, 3-6. Also, in Madrid, she also lost to Iga Swiatek, 5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (7), at the end of one of the most beautiful women's matches this year.
Swiatek has won seven of 10 head-to-head matches with Sabalenka on the WTA circuit
The Pole and the Belarusian have been opponents on the WTA circuit 10 times so far, with the first direct match taking place in 2021, in one of the Champions Tournament groups, when Aryna won 2-6, 6-2, 7 -5.
Four successes of Igă followed, exclusively in the semi-finals at the US Open in 2022, with 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. In total, the two contested five trophies. Four were won by the Pole (Stuttgart 2022 and 2023, Madrid 2024 and Rome 2024), and the player from Belarus prevailed in Madrid in 2023 with 6-3,
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