How Iga Swiatek, Tennis’s Most Supersonic Star, Stays Grounded By Francis -August 30, 2024

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How Iga Swiatek, Tennis’s Most Supersonic Star, Stays Grounded
By Francis -August 30, 2024

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Iga Swiatek has had a head-spinning few years. Hers is the sort of breathtaking tennis story that requires a few historical stats in order to fully appreciate it: After her breakout win at the French Open in 2020, the then unknown 19-year-old Polish player became the youngest women’s singles champion at Roland Garros since Monica Seles in 1992. In the three years since, she’s won three more Grand Slam titles (another two at the French, plus one at last year’s US Open) and become the number one-ranked female tennis player in the world—a first for any Pole. She is the youngest woman to win four career major titles since Serena Williams in 2002 and, this summer, joined Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis as the third player to have held the top spot for 70 consecutive weeks.

How could any person keep up such an astonishing streak? Swiatek wonders the very same thing.

“After winning so many tournaments as I did last year, everybody kind of expected me to stay on the same level all the time,” the 22-year-old tells Vogue, “which is not possible