On May 19, at the end of the women's singles final at the WTA1000 Rome Championships, world No. 1 Swiatek dropped only five games and easily defeated world No. 2 Sabalenka 2-0 to win the championship. It was Swiatek's second consecutive final win over Sabalenka and her fourth 1000 title of the year, which is quite remarkable.
Swiatek is ranked number one in the world and currently has four Grand Slam titles, including three at the French Open and one at the US Open. Starting in Doha this year, she started the invincible mode. Doha 1000 Champion, Indian Wells 1000 Champion, Madrid 1000 Champion. In Rome, she reached the final again.
Sabalenka, currently ranked No. 2 in the world, won the Australian Open for the second time this year, reaching the finals of the Madrid and Rome 1000 tournaments and finishing runner-up at the Brisbane 500. Sabalenka has reached a number of finals this year, but only the Australian Open has been won.
In the final of the Rome Championship, world No. 1 Swiatek and world No. 2 Sabalenka met in two consecutive finals, which also showed that the two are the strongest women's singles players today. In the last Madrid final, Swiatek narrowly defeated Sabalenka 2-1 to win the championship. The two have played each other a total of 0 times, with Sabalenka at the bottom with 3 wins and 7 losses.
In the first set, Sabalenka encountered difficulties in the third game, losing four points in a row and being broken, and the score came to 1-2. In the next 3 games, both sides held their serves, and the score came to 4-2. In the 7th game, Sabalenka's serve quality declined, and Swiatek hit the winning point in a row, and was broken again, and the score came to 2-5. Swiatek seized her serve to win the set and won the set comfortably 6-2.
In the second set, Sabalenka's form rebounded, and the first six games of the two sides held serve respectively, and the score came to 3-3. Sabalenka dropped the line again, was broken in the 7th and 9th games in a row, lost another set 3-6, lost 0-2, and missed the championship.
Throughout the game, Sabalenka's serve quality was average, with a first-serve scoring rate of only 59% and a second-serve scoring rate of 41%. Offensively, Sabalenka was a little unable to keep up with Swiatek's tempo, with the winning points far below her opponent and the scene completely one-sided.
Swiatek once again showed her dominance on clay, winning three consecutive 1000 clay titles and her fourth 1000 title of the year. With the current momentum, Swiatek will have a good chance of defending her French Open title.