Swiatek win over Paolini in France - both speak Polish

[Jaga]

Iga Swiatek is definitively the best tennis player in the world. She won two previous tournaments against Sabalenka. Today she won for the 3 time in France. Her rival was Jasmine Paolini, who had a Polish grandmother and who spend a lot of childhood in Poland and speak Polish well with very little accent. Paolini father is Italian, she also has some African roots.

Here is more about the last victory:

www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/sport/french-open-womens-final-spt-intl/index.html

Iga Świątek wins third straight French Open title with dominant victory against Jasmine Paolini

ga Świątek with the trophy after winning the final against Jasmine Paolini. Lisi Niesner/Reuters
CNN
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World No. 1 Iga Świątek won her third consecutive French Open title on Saturday with an emphatic 6-2 6-1 victory against Italy’s Jasmine Paolini.

The win – Świątek’s fifth grand slam crown and fourth at Roland Garros – underlines the Polish superstar’s dominance on clay, extending her winning run at the tournament to 21 matches.



She is the first woman since Justine Henin in 2007 to win three consecutive French Open titles, dismantling first-time grand slam finalist Paolini in just an hour and eight minutes.

The 12th seed came into the final as a heavy underdog against Świątek but took a surprise lead at the start of the first set when she broke her decorated opponent’s serve.

Świątek’s response, however, was swift and brutal. She won the next 10 games in a row to put the match well beyond Paolini’s reach, and when the 28-year-old finally got back on the board, it was all too late.

At 5-1 in the second set, Świątek only had to hold her serve to win, which she did when Paolini lofted a backhand return long.

Another title secured, Świątek sunk to her knees in delight before climbing into the stands to embrace her team.

[Jaga]

Here is more about Paolini:

Paolini is a brave woman, she is only 5.4 which is not a lot for a woman tennis player, but she is strong.

Paolini was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana and grew up between Carrara and Forte dei Marmi.[2] Her father, Ugo, is Italian and her mother, Jacqueline, is of Polish, Danish, and Ghanaian descent,[3][4] originally from Łódź, Poland.[2] Her maternal grandmother, who lives in Łódź, is Polish and her maternal grandfather, who lives in Copenhagen, is Danish and Ghanaian.[5][6] Her brother, William, also plays tennis

[Jaga]

here Paolini is trying to talk in Polish in Warsaw: