Iga Swiatek is putting on wonderful performances tournament after tournament, proving why she is ranked Number 1. In the recently concluded French Open, the 21-year-old defeated Coco Gauff of the United States in the summit clash to win her second Grand Slam title.

Further, the entire tennis fraternity was left awestruck by her brilliant performance throughout the tournament. During her summit clash against Coco, soccer legend, Robert Lewandowski was in attendance. After the match, he talked about Swiatek’s success at the tournament.

Robert Lewandowski is all praise for Iga Swiatek

During an interview, the captain of the Polish soccer team opened up about his compatriot. Expressing his delight at Swiatek winning the title, he said, “Iga’s success confirmed she’s the best in the world, she won another Roland Garros. I’m personally very happy I could watch it live because I don’t get many such chances in my career, in my life. So when I have the opportunity, I take it. When Iga wins, it’s something fantastic, a perfect combination. The emotions are there. Maybe they are a little bit… I don’t want to say subdued, but on a different level than when I’m on the field.”

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Further, he added, “But I was looking at many different things, at how Iga and her opponent, Coco, were moving on their feet, making those little steps, at more technical aspects. But at the end of the day, I was very happy then that she won, that was the main goal today.”

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Swiatek matches Venus Williams’ record

After her win over Coco in the French Open 2022 final, Swiatek equaled Venus’ 35-match winning streak. This is the longest winning streak in women’s singles since 2000. Capping a wonderful clay-court season for the Polish tennis star.

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Swiatek will look to continue her winning streak as the grass-court season gets underway.