Une of the streaks of the season has fallen. The Polish Iga Swiatek is no longer a tennis player to finish without losing all her matches on her fetish surface, clay. The world number 1 has said goodbye in the quarterfinals of her home tournament, Warsaw, by losing to the irregular and talented Caroline García 1-6, 6-1, 4-6.
Swiatek’s 2022 season on clay was wonderful. Titles in Rome, Stuttgart and Paris, with only two sets lost before the match against Garcia. One with Samsonova on German soil and another in her most difficult match at Roland Garros, the one that measured her against the Chinese surprise of Zhang Qinwen. Until García arrived and pushed her out of the way in Warsaw after the victories in Warsaw of the number 1 seed against her compatriot Frech and the Romanian Lee.
Swiatek’s balance sheet in 2022 is, At this point in the year, five defeats. In the middle, it’s 6 crowns and that impressive streak of 37 consecutive victories. He was interrupted by a gala, Cornet, and the other, García, is the one who breaks the record of 17 on clay.
Still, there is little doubt that Swiatek will finish at number 1 in the world of the WTA or not. She has 8,396 counting the 60 from Warsaw. His pursuer is Kontaveit, with 4,476. Sakkari closes the podium with 4,190 and Badosa, the best Spanish, is fourth with 4,030 and only 20 more than Ons Jabeur.
Traveling to the American tour with the aim of recovering, because in 2021 he did not add good results at any stop. Only one semifinal at the WTA500 in Ostrava. Adding more points is within reach of the best tennis player of 2022 without a doubt.
