French Open: Karolina Muchova one of ‘most complete tennis players in the world’ - Expert reaction to final

Karolina Muchova put up a spirited fight in her first Grand Slam final, taking world No. 1 and defending champion Iga Swiatek to three sets, 6-2 5-7 6-4, in Paris and impressing the crowd with her incredible game.

It wasn’t only the fans that were swooning over her shot-making ability though, the Czech player getting praise from her foe, with Swiatek acknowledging her opponent’s “variety” and that she fully expected many more finals between the two of them in the coming years. Ad Eurosport’s Mats Wilander went even further, after watching Muchova mix it up in the final with a variety of powerful groundstrokes, slice backhands and impeccably placed volleys that had Swiatek on the run on numerous occasions.

Roland-Garros'This is first test Iga has passed' — Reaction to Swiatek battling to gloryAN HOUR AGO “Tennis-wise she’s an incredible player, she might be the most complete tennis player on the women’s side in the world, so with a bit of confidence, which obviously she has now, she can disturb anyone,” he said after the final. “Her play on a grass court at Wimbledon is going to be absolutely sensational, I would never have thought this would be where she made her first Grand Slam final.” Muchova had already garnered plenty of headlines after taking out one of the big favourites, Aryna Sabalenka, in the semi-finals and many were wondering how she would recover physically from that gruelling match on Thursday.

But although she looked slightly over-awed at the start of the match, she soon found her stride and was a break up in the final set, before once again the sense of occasion possibly got to her. Evert reveals what she told Swiatek after 'unbelievable' Roland-Garros triumph Swiatek holds off stirring Muchova fightback