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Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek win 2020 French Open

October 12, 2020

Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek win 2020 French Open

The men’s and women’s singles tournaments were decided this past weekend at the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros. The champions were Rafael Nadal of Spain in the men’s draw and Iga Swiatek of Poland in the women’s draw.

On Saturday, Swiatek defeated Sofia Kenin of the United States 6-4, 6-1 in the women’s final. Even though Swiatek’s victory could have been considered by some as an upset, as Swiatek was unseeded, and Kenin was ranked fourth, if you had watched both players play over the two weeks on clay leading up to the final, you should not have been surprised with the result. Swiatek looked extremely comfortable on the French dirt as she did not lose a single set. Among the players she defeated along the way were defending French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, and two-time major champion and number one seed Simona Halep of Romania.

Swiatek, at the age of 19, also made history in France. She became the first Polish player ever to win a grand slam singles tennis tournament, and was the lowest seeded player ever at number 54 to win the women’s singles tournament at the French Open.


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Meanwhile, in the men’s final on Sunday, the match was supposed to be epic. The first seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia was up against Spain’s Rafael Nadal. However, this match was anything but close. Nadal is the King of Clay for a reason. He absolutely destroyed Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 for his 20th grand slam title. Nadal is now tied with Roger Federer of Switzerland for the most grand slam finals of all-time with 20.

This was also Nadal’s 13th French Open title of his career. He has five more titles than the player second on the list, Max Decugis of France, who has eight title wins.


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