2023-06-09 09:30:35
Karolina Muchova (WTA 43) is well aware of this, she will have to play the perfect match to hope to beat the trophy holder Iga Swiatek (WTA 1) in the final at Roland-Garros on Saturday (from 3:00 p.m. on RTS 2).
The 26-year-old Czech is a miracle. Held back by various injuries after climbing to the semi-finals of the Australian Open and to 19th place in the world in 2021, she has come back twice from afar: she also dismissed a match point in the semi-finals against the World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who broke down late in the game.
Karolina Muchova knows what to expect. Only an offensive and varied game will allow him to doubt an Iga Swiatek never so comfortable as when she manages to dictate the exchange. “To win a Grand Slam tournament, you have to play the perfect match“, she underlined after her semi-final.
27-2 at Roland Garros
Iga Swiatek (22), however, is the ultimate challenge. She certainly does not display the same stratospheric level as a year earlier, when she had won 37 matches in a row between February and June, picking up 6 titles including her 2nd Roland-Garros, but the winner of the last US Open seems almost invincible at Roland-Garros.
Also crowned in 2020 Porte d’Auteuil, it indeed displays an impressive record of 27 wins for 2 defeats and only one set lost in 20 matches played during the 2020, 2022 and 2023 editions.
ats/btro
Read also: Notebook 12: everyone on the heels of Djokovic, Alcaraz the first, dream semi-finals, consoled collector and the fairy Muchova
1686305523
#RolandGarros #Swiatek #Muchova #play #perfect #match #rts.ch