Swiatek cheerfully following maiden Grand Slam title "I am proud of myself" and humbly "I wasn't expecting to win this trophy"

Iga Swiatek completed her fairy tale run with another stellar performance in the final winning her maiden Grand Slam title at the Roland Garros.

It has been a stellar run for teenager Iga Swiatek at the Roland Garros this year but her 6-4 6-1 victory against Kenin wasn't by chance. She has been the top performer throughout these two weeks winning decisively in every match she played. After the match she said:

"I'm just proud of myself. I've done a great job past two weeks. I wasn't expecting to win this trophy. It's obviously amazing for me. It's a life-changing experience."

Swiatek admitted that she felt nervous which was normal for any tennis player let alone a 19-year old playing in her first grand slam final. She said:

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"Everybody is stressed when they're playing Grand Slam finals. I just knew that Sofia may also be stressed, that she's not a machine. I was aware that we can both struggle, and we're probably not going to play our best tennis because it's hard with so much pressure."

Regarding her tactics heading into the match she said she kept her expectations low and focused on what worked so far:

"But I just did everything I've done in the previous rounds. I focused on technique and tactics. I tried to get rid of expectations, just play one ball after another. I didn't really care if I'm going to lose or win. I think the main key was just keeping my expectations low."

The 19-year old who hasn't lost more than 5 games in any of the 7 matches she played, recapped with an honest response:

"You believe in things, but in the back of your head, you know that there's going to be a huge amount of work that you have to do to win that. Then after two weeks of great playing, you already have it. It's just - I don't know - overwhelming. I think I'm going to need some more time to comment on that because I need some perspective, some distance."

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