Iga Swiatek vs Ons Jabeur score and latest updates
09:28 PM
Iga Swiatek 3-0 Ons Jabeur* (*denotes next server)
Powerful work from Swiatek as she pulverises Jabeur with heavy groundstrokes. These are ominous signs for the Tunisian, Swiatek looks really in the mood.
It’s another comfortable hold to 15 for Swiatek. Jabeur needs to find her rhythm or this first set could be over very quickly
09:24 PM
Iga Swiatek* 2-0 Ons Jabeur (*denotes next server)
Jabeur looks tight in her opening service game and Swiatek gets to 0-40.
Oh and it’s an early break for Swiatek. She’s a real front runner is the World No 1. This is exactly the start she will have been looking for.
09:21 PM
First Set: Iga Swiatek 1-0 Ons Jabeur* (*denotes next server)
Swiatek will be happy to see her opening three first serves find the mark and races to a 40-0.
The Pole then holds to 15 after finishing an excellent rally with a whipped backhand crosscourt.
09:17 PM
Good for women’s tennis
These two players will be ranked No 1 and No 2 in the world come the end of the tournament.
It feels like a real positive for the women’s game to have the two best players in the world going head-to-head in the final grand slam of the season.
09:13 PM
Early win for Swiatek
The Pole wins the toss and will serve first.
The warm-up is underway.
09:10 PM
Here they come
Huge cheers on Arthur Ashe as the players appear on court.
09:07 PM
Select group
Ons Jabeur is one of only six women to have made their first two appearances in grand slam finals in consecutive tournaments.
The others are Naomi Osaka, Li Na, Vera Zvonareva, Jennifer Capriati and Martina Hingis.
Fair to say that’s decent company for the Tunisian.
08:38 PM
Honours even
That said, you can’t split these two on their head-to-head record.
Swiatek won the first meeting between the pair, in Washington in 2019, before Jabeur reeled off two straight successes.
The first came in the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2021, with victory for the Tunisian at the Cincinnati Masters coming just a few weeks later.
Swiatek’s aforementioned win in the Italian Open drew the pair back level on two win apiece.
08:33 PM
Great when it matters
Despite her up-and-down form throughout the tournament, Swiatek has a fearsome record in finals of late.
She has won her last nine, but not just won them, she’s won them in straight sets – including a defeat of Jabeur in the Italian Open final in May.
08:31 PM
….and from Ons Jabeur
“At Wimbledon I was kind of just living the dream, and I couldn’t believe it,”
“Even just after the match, I was just going to do my things and not realising it was an amazing achievement already.
“But now [I’m] just happy that I backed up the results in Wimbledon and people are not really surprised I’m in the finals, but just going and going and just doing my thing.”
08:30 PM
Pre-match thoughts from Iga Swiatek
“She has a different game style than most of the players. She has a great touch and she’s just a tough opponent.
“She fully deserves to be in the final. I think it’s going to be a great battle.”
08:05 PM
Good evening from Flushing Meadows
Welcome to what should be a packed-out Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York for an exciting conclusion to the women’s singles at the US Open.
This time 12 months ago we were preparing ourselves for Emma Raducanu’s final against Canadian Leylah Fernandez, but fast-forward to now and the spotlight is firmly traced on world number one Iga Swiatek and her opponent, Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
It felt as if the third-round departure of the now-retired Serena Williams took the air of the women’s draw slightly, such had been the hype around a player many consider to be the greatest of all time playing in her final tournament.
But if you took your eye off the women’s draw after Serena’s loss you will have missed some sublime tennis from this year’s two finalists, with Swiatek in particular showing moments of genius even in a tournament where her form has hit both peaks and troughs.
This was in full evidence in her semi-final, where a sloppy start saw the Polish top seed drop the first set to Aryna Sabalenka before she roared back to win the next two in decisive fashion and take the match 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Swiatek has had something of the Jekyll and Hyde about her over the last two weeks. At moments we have seen the kind of form that saw her win 37-straight matches earlier this season, including taking her second French Open title at Roland Garros.
At others, we have been left wondering where that player had gone. She has been able to keep head above water though and has a favourite’s chance going into her third grand slam final.
However, in Ons Jabeur, Swiatek faces an opponent well equipped to take full advantage of any lapses in focus or form. The Tunisian has dropped just one set on route to the final and was truly dominant in her semi-final, dropping just four games against French 17th seed Caroline Garcia.
A beaten finalist at Wimbledon earlier this season, the 28-year-old is bidding to become the first Arab/African woman to win a grand slam. What a storybook ending that would be for the final grand slam of the season.
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