French Open final: World No.1 Iga Swiatek seeks her 4th Grand Slam trophy and Karolina Muchova aims for her 1st

She can become the fourth unseeded woman to lift the trophy at the French Open — and all have come in the past seven years, including Swiatek in 2020. Muchova showed what she can do when she used her varied skills to come back after facing a match point while trailing 5-2 in the semifinals against No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, grabbing the last five games and 20 of the last 24 points to win.

That victory made Muchova 5-0 in matches against opponents ranked in the Top 3. Beating Swiatek would make that mark 6-0. “I really like her game, honestly. I really respect her, and she’s, I feel like, a player who can do anything. She has great touch. She can also speed up the game,” Swiatek said. “She plays with that kind of, I don’t know, freedom in her movements. And she has a great technique. So, I watched her matches and I feel like I know her game pretty well.”

(With AP inputs)