MADRID — Iga Swiatek avenged her loss in final 12 months’s remaining to Aryna Sabalenka and received the Madrid Open on Saturday after a third-set tiebreaker.
The highest-ranked Swiatek beat No. 2 Sabalenka 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7) for her twentieth profession title and third of the season. The Polish participant will search her fourth French Open title later this month because the two-time defending champion at Roland Garros.
Swiatek saved three match factors in a remaining that lasted greater than three hours. She improved her head-to-head document with Sabalenka to 7-3.
Swiatek collapsed on the purple clay after Sabalenka hit lengthy to finish a match that lasted 3 hours, 11 minutes, the longest WTA remaining thus far in 2024. Every participant broke serve 5 instances.
“Who’s going to say that girls’s tennis is boring now?” Swiatek mentioned. “Congrats as properly to Aryna, as a result of we each had a tremendous effort right now.”
Sabalenka obtained the higher of Swiatek final 12 months at Madrid in three units for the primary win over her rival on clay. The 2-time Australian Open champion was in search of a record-tying third title in Madrid.
“It is at all times a problem enjoying in opposition to you, so thanks for motivating me and forcing me to be a greater participant,” Swiatek advised Sabalenka in accepting the event’s trophy.
On Sunday, Andrey Rublev performs Felix Auger-Aliassime within the males’s remaining.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
