French Open LIVE: Result and reaction as Iga Swiatek beats Jasmine Paolini in women’s final at Roland Garros

9 Jun 2024 • 4:08 PM MYT
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Iga Swiatek swept to a fourth French Open crown to keep her Queen of Clay title at Roland Garros. The world number one from Poland brushed aside Italian underdog Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-1 in and hour and eight minutes.

King of Clay Rafael Nadal may have played his last French Open this year but Swiatek comprehensively proved once again she is also Roland Garros royalty. She is the first woman to win three consecutive Roland Garros titles since Justine Henin in 2007 and only the third to achieve the feat in Open history, along with Monica Seles.

Swiatek is undefeated in Paris since 2021, 21 matches ago, and has won 34 of her 36 matches here, a record matched only by Seles and Chris Evert. Follow all the latest reaction from Roland Garros below: