French Open 2022 Semifinals LIVE: World No. 1 Iga Swiatek enters her second French Open final as she defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets in the semifinal on Thursday. With the victory Swiatek extended her win-streak to 34 matches. She is now tied for the second-longest winning streak of this century with Serena Williams, who won 34 consecutive matches between Miami and Wimbledon 2013. Follow French Open 2022 live updates on Insidesport.IN
French Open 2022 Semifinals LIVE: World No1 Iga Swiatek enters her second French Open final, defeats Daria Kasatkina in straight sets in semifinal
Back in the final 💪@iga_swiatek scores her 34th consecutive win, defeating Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 for the right to play for the title#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/SygTtSrgnx
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World No.1 Swiatek improved to 2-1 in Grand Slam semifinals; previously, she defeated Nadia Podoroska at this stage of Roland Garros in 2020 en route to her first major title, but lost to Danielle Collins at the Australian Open in January. She also extended her head-to-head lead over Kasatkina to 4-1, with all four victories coming this year. Across those 2022 matches, Swiatek has conceded only 14 games.
Swiatek now awaits the winner of the second semifinal between No.18 seed Coco Gauff and Martina Trevisan.
Swiatek drew first blood early in the contest as she broke Kasatkina early in the set to move 2-0 up. But Kasatkina had responded with aggressive intent to break Swiatek in the third game to trail 1-2. She also won her next service game to level 2-2.
Swiatek then flashed a forehand winner to go up a break again to lead 4-2 and she never looked back from then on. Swiatek would win five straight games, and 20 out of 25 points, as she raced through the rest of the first set and won it 6-2.
In the second set, after both the blayers won their respective service games, Switake broke Kasatkina to take 3-1 lead. From then on, she won the next three games continuously to win the match in just 64 minutes to reach her second Roland Garros final.
French Open 2022 Semifinals LIVE: World No1 Iga Swiatek enters her second French Open final, defeats Daria Kasatkina in straight sets in semifinal
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