By SABC Sport
31st July 2023
The four-time grand slam winner needed just 69 minutes on the hard courts of Warsaw to roll over Laura Siegemund 6-0 6-1 to clinch her 15th career WTA title. Swiatek never faced a break point while breaking the German five times on her way to a comfortable victory.
In fact, such was Swiatek's dominance in Warsaw that she reached the final without dropping a set, only facing one tiebreak.
"I want to thank my team and my family. It's not easy to play in Warsaw, but I'm so happy that we could manage and do everything we could today, after a pretty tiring day yesterday," Swiatek said.
"I wanted to put it all in and go for it. I'm pretty happy that I did."
Swiatek was also congratulatory of the 153rd-ranked Siegmund, who put in a massive three-hour shift to overcome Tatjana Maria in Saturday's semi-final. Siegmund is expected to improve around 40 places on the world rankings on Monday.
"Laura, what you did yesterday was pretty surreal," added the Pole.
"I don't know if anyone would be able to survive that, but you did. Congratulations for this run, because it's been a pretty great week, and it's nice that we could play this final."
The victory is Swiatek's fourth title of the season - which includes the French Open title - and improves her 2023 win-loss record to an impressive 47-7.