“Ons, such an amazing tournament and season. “For sure this tournament was really challenging because it’s New York, it’s so loud, it’s so crazy, there was so many tempatations in the city, so many people I have met who are so inspiring. Coming back after winning a Grand Slam is always tricky,” said Swiatek. Before this tournament it was such a challenging time. She is a very different character to Williams and has an understated presence on court but possesses an inner belief that has now carried her to straight-sets victories in her last 10 finals.

Her second victory at Roland Garros in June was part of a 37-match unbeaten run and it is fitting that, in the tournament where Serena Williams bowed out, Swiatek becomes the first woman since the American in 2014 to claim seven titles in a season.

Jabeur, playing in her second consecutive slam final after losing to Elena Rybakina at Wimbledon, threatened a comeback in the second set but Swiatek held firm to clinch it in a tie-break. The 21-year-old defeated Ons Jabeur 6-2 7-6 (5) in an hour and 50 minutes at Flushing Meadows to add her first hard-court major trophy to her two French Open successes. Iga Swiatek rubber-stamped her position at the top of the women’s game with a second grand slam title of the season at the US Open.

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