Top-ranked Swiatek dominates No. 2 Sabalenka to claim her 3rd Italian Open title
The latest matchup between top-ranked Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka was hardly a contest. Swiatek was in control from the start as she won the Italian Open final 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday, earned her third trophy on Rome's red clay and established herself as the overwhelming favourite at the French Open again.
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The latest matchup between top-ranked Iga Swiatek and No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka was hardly a contest. Swiatek was in control from the start as she won the Italian Open final 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday, earned her third trophy on Rome's red clay and established herself as the overwhelming favourite at the French Open again.