The final was a tightly contested affair, though the final score of 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 does not portray this.
World No. 1 and defending French Open winner Iga Swiatek had the fewest unforced errors against unseeded Karolina Muchova to win her third French Open title in four years in two hours and 46 minutes.
Swiatek took the first three games in about ten minutes, but from then on, it was a fight, with Muchova improving and taking the fourth after pulling Swiatek off the baseline.
Too many unforced errors gave Swiatek the fifth game, but the Czech fought back again to send Swiatek into the eighth game, having to serve for the set, which she did. The first set took 43 minutes, but it already looked one-sided for the defending champion.
The second set started on a lengthy tone compared to the first, but after five minutes and a rally that took 19 shots, Swiatek pulled through to lead 1-0. She then raced into a 3-0 lead as Muchova’s unforced errors continued to build. By the…