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Iga Swiatek beats Karolina Muchova for third French Open title

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Iga Swiatek suddenly seemed lost in the French Open final.

Her strokes were awry. Her confidence was gone. Her big early lead vanished, too. She kept looking up into the stands, seeking guidance from her coach and her sports psychologist.

Poland's Iga Swiatek plays a shot against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during the women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 10, 2023.  (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias) So much was amiss right up until she was two games from defeat against unseeded Karolina Muchova on Saturday.

And then, when she needed to most, Swiatek transformed back into, well, Swiatek. The No. 1 player in women’s tennis for more than a year.

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T he man holding the camera leaned in towards Iga Swiatek. The man holding the pen held it out to her. The new French Open champion thought for a while about how to encapsulate her torrent of thoughts and emotions into a little glass square around the size of a Pop Tart. Eventually she scrawled a number – #4, for her fourth grand slam title – and a single word. “Surréel”.
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