OlympicTalk · Oct 8, 2020
Iga Swiatek becomes second-lowest-ranked French Open women’s finalist
Iga Swiatek, the world’s 54th-ranked tennis player, will play for the French Open title on Saturday.
Poland’s Swiatek swept 131st-ranked Nadia Podoroska of Argentina 6-2, 6-1 in the first of two semifinals at Roland Garros on Thursday.
Swiatek, the second-lowest-ranked French Open women’s finalist in history, gets No. 4 Sofia Kenin or No. 7 Petra Kvitova in Saturday’s final.
The lowest-ranked French Open women’s finalist was Romanian Florenta Mihai, who was No. 56 in 1977, when she was runner-up to Yugoslavian Mima Jausovec. WTA rankings were introduced in 1975.
Swiatek became the second Polish player to make a French Open final after Jadwiga Jddrzejowska in 1939.