
Iga Swiatek completed a double bagel in the Rome Master's final against Karolina Pliskova and she could not quite believe it.
It was a sensational display from Iga Swiatek who defeated Karolina Pliskova 6-0 6-0 in just 48 minutes to claim her first WTA 1000 trophy. Swiatek was laser-focused from the start of the match not allowing Pliskova any games in the match and she did not even realize. On that she said:
"When my coach told me it was 6-0, 6-0, I was, like, Really? Isn't that a mistake When I was on the breaks, I was visualising that I'm starting that match from the beginning every time? Actually, I did that so well that I didn't even know that it was 6-0 in the first set... The key is just to not to think about it and just, you know, play."
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Pliskova did not play her best tennis, to say the least, and served poorly from the start. On that Swiatek said:
"From the beginning, I felt that she may be a little bit nervous. I wanted to use that and actually play as many games with that vibe as I can. That's why it was pretty fast at the beginning."
Swiatek also noted Pliskova's poor movement but she maintained her intensity believing the Czech player would turn the corner:
"I saw that because I thought her movement wasn't really good, but I also had in my mind that she's gonna start in a minute feeling better and being in a rhythm. So I wasn't really focusing on that."
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