“I need to work harder to keep this streak going” Iga Swiatek wins seventh straight final on record night at Stuttgart Open

world no.1 Iga Swiatek presented further proof of why she is the best player on the WTA Tour with her fourth consecutive title of the season. Against World No. 4 Aryna SabalenkaSwiatek won the final 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 24 minutes to win the Stuttgart Open 2022 while making his tournament debut.

Sabalenka had also reached the final of the tournament last year, but lost to the then World No. 1. ash barty and Swiatek made sure that it remains a similar story today as well. Swiatek did not lose her serve during the final and in another dominant display in a Tour match, she defeated the Belarusian who played her first final of the season after having made a poor start to the season with early exits in most of her appearances in the tournament.

Swiatek lost just 1 set throughout the tournament reaching the semi-finals when liudmila samsonova he broke Iga’s streak of 28 consecutive set wins by winning the first set. However, Iga rallied to win the match with the match clock exceeding 3 hours during a nervous semi-final. However, Iga has now restarted his winning streak in straight sets.

The victory also marked Iga’s 23rd consecutive victory, which puts her on the same level as noemi osaka who also won 23 in a row in 2020-21. In the list headed by Serena Williams for players with the most consecutive wins since 2000, Iga still needs 13 wins to overtake Serena, who is on top with 35 wins to her name with the feat accomplished in 2000.

“It’s pretty surreal, honestly (to be on the win-loss list). A few years ago I wouldn’t even think about being in this kind of group. For sure at this moment I have to work harder to maintain this streak, but I will do it game by game, and I am very proud of myself and very satisfied. These are the kind of players who were role models when I was a kid. I worked hard this week to adapt properly and play my best tennis on this surface.

“I’m very proud of myself and my team because basically after yesterday’s game, it wasn’t easy to reset myself physically and mentally and be ready for today.” said Iga after her victory in the final, as she earned 500 tournament ranking points along with a Porsche new that you can surely drive having received your driver’s license a few weeks ago.