sport news Iga Swiatek downs Jana Fett to snatch the LONGEST win streak in women's singles ... trends now
Iga Swiatek might just be the most reliable train in Britain at this moment.
With a 36th straight win carrying her into Wimbledon’s second round, the question is what it will take for this immense streak to end.
Granted, these are grass courts, not clay. And this is women’s tennis, which is no place to hunt for certainties.
World No 1 Iga Swiatek dominated Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3 during her first round win at Wimbledon
But Swiatek, the world No 1 on a roll of six consecutive tournament victories, is fast becoming one of the great bankers in sport, even if her 6-0, 6-3 win over Jana Fett was perhaps not as smooth as it sounds.
The first set was a blitz – the numbers are clear on that. But it was the second, which briefly had the peril of a 1-3, 0-40 deficit, that pointed to the 21-year-old’s sporadic discomforts.
Within it, there were enough mistimed ground strokes and soft serves to at least raise the issue of whether she will reach the same untouchable levels on grass.
The Croatian and world No 252 fought back in the second to win three games against Swiatek
But that might just be wishful thinking for a good competition, because on form Swiatek has no equals.
Indeed, Fett, aged 25 and the world No 252, came into this match with fewer Tour-level wins in her career – 16 – than the 42 her Polish opponent has accumulated in the first half of 2022 alone.
Her streak of 36 is now the second best on record since 1990,
