Top seed Swiatek breezes into French Open final


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Jun 2022

PARIS, June 2 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 Iga Swiatek blasted into her second Roland Garros final after a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over 20th seed Daria Kasatkina on Thursday.

The 2020 French Open champion will play either American teenager Coco Gauff or unseeded Italian Martina Trevisan in Saturday's final. She has also extended her stellar winning streak to 34th matches, only one win shy of the 21st-century record held by retired American player Venus Williams.

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