Swiatek lost her first set in Paris, but she held on through almost three hours of a gruelling contest to win against an unseeded Muchova.
The final was a tightly contested affair, though the final score of 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 does not portray this.had the fewest unforced errors against unseeded Karolina Muchova to win her third French Open title in four years in two hours and 46 minutes.
The second set started on a lengthy tone compared to the first, but after five minutes and a rally that took 19 shots, Swiatek pulled through to lead 1-0. She then raced into a 3-0 lead as Muchova’s unforced errors continued to build. By the third game of the second set, the Czech had made 14 more unforced errors than the Pole.
Now, it was really game on as the Czech started showing the form she displayed against Sabalenka in that third game, in which she trailed 2-5 and had a match point against the Belarus player.
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