: Miami Masters: Iga Swiatek becomes fourth woman, and youngest, to win Sunshine Double #IndiaNEWS Iga Swiatek’s dream season continued as the incoming World No 1 scooped her third successive WTA 1000

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Miami Masters: Iga Swiatek becomes fourth woman, and youngest, to win Sunshine Double #IndiaNEWS
Iga Swiatek’s dream season continued as the incoming World No 1 scooped her third successive WTA 1000 title to beat Naomi Osaka in the Miami Open final on Saturday.The Polish 20-year-old became only the fourth - and youngest - woman to win the “Sunshine Double� of Indian Wells and Miami in the same year following Steffi Graf, Kim Cljisters and Victoria Azarenka, with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Osaka.Swiatek, who will be formally confirmed as World No 1 when the new WTA rankings are announced on Monday, has now won 17 straight matches, a winning streak that includes titles in Doha, Indian Wells and now Miami.Osaka, 24, enjoyed a welcome return to form in Florida even if the four-time Grand Slam champion’s first final since the Australian Open in 2021 ended in a comprehensive defeat.“I feel privileged to be among those players who have done this double before, I knew it would be tough playing these tournaments in a row but I took it step by step,� said Swiatek, who won her maiden Grand Slam at the French Open in 2020 as a 19-year-old and will be the favorite to win another Roland Garros crown next month on her favored surface.“I was in the zone...Read more

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