World primary Iga Swiatek defeated Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka in straight units to win her second consecutive Stuttgart title on Sunday.
Swiatek eased previous her second-ranked Belarusian opponent 6-3, 6-4 on the clay in a single hour and 50 minutes.
A primary match triumph since February will give Swiatek a confidence increase forward of her French Open title defence in May.
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Sunday’s match was a repeat of final yr’s remaining in Stuttgart, which Swiatek additionally gained in dominant trend, 6-2, 6-2.
She has now sat atop the WTA rankings for greater than a yr and is a red-hot favorite for one more title at Roland Garros.
The US Open champion broke serve late within the first set, making the most of an uncharacteristic miss from Sabalenka.
Swiatek broke once more within the opening recreation of the second, after which notable frustration started to creep into the world quantity two’s recreation.
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Sabalenka made quite a lot of unforced errors, permitting Swiatek to achieve management of the match.
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Swiatek transformed her first match level with a clean backhand to chalk up one other spectacular victory.
The 21-year-old got here into the match recent after taking part in simply 18 minutes of Saturday’s semi-final earlier than her opponent Ons Jabeur retired harm.
Sabalenka beat Anastasia Potapova 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday.
Swiatek is the primary participant to win back-to-back Stuttgart titles since Angelique Kerber in 2015 and 2016.
Swiatek now holds a 5-2 report towards Sabalenka and has gained eight of her eight matches on the Stuttgart clay.
Sabalenka has misplaced her previous three Stuttgart finals, two of which have been performed towards Swiatek. The Belarusian misplaced the 2021 remaining to Australia’s Ash Barty.
It was the primary time a world primary had confronted the world quantity two on clay for the reason that 2013 French Open remaining, when Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova.
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