Iga Świątek stands on the precipice of achieving something not even Ash Barty managed to do, if she can claim her second French Open title this week.
Women's world number one Iga Świątek made it 33 wins in a row with a 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal victory over America's Jessica Pegula as she romped into the final four in Paris.She is the only grand slam winner left in the fieldŚwiątek, who turned 21 on Tuesday, is on the longest unbeaten run on the women's tour since Serena Williams bagged 34 victories in succession in 2013, a year where she won both the French and US Open titles.
The 2020 champion is bidding to become the fourth player since 2000 to lift the Suzanne Lenglen Cup multiple times after Justine Henin, Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova. "Sometimes stress is a positive thing, it's going to make you more active and more tense so you can play a good performance. So I tried to use it that way."
Świątek, however, went up a break again to lead 4-3 before holding and setting up set points in the ninth game. Pegula did her a favour by sending a routine forehand wide on the second.
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