Iga Swiatek becomes only the second player after Serena Williams to reach 11,000 points in WTA rankings

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek dominated the tour in 2022 and has won eight singles titles to date, including two Grand Slams. At the start of the season, she inherited the top spot in the WTA rankings after Ashleigh Barty retired from the sport.

Since then, the Pole has not relinquished her position and has taken her game to new heights. The 21-year-old has now become only the second player after Serena Williams to reach 11,000 points in the rankings since the current system was adopted in 2009.

Williams clocked 13,615 points in 2013 while Swiatek could go as high as 11,835 ranking points this year if she wins the ongoing WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas.

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"I feel off-court that she's really humble" - Iga Swiatek on Coco Gauff

Iga Swiatek celebrates after defeating Coco Gauff at the 2022 WTA Finals.

Iga Swiatek maintained her winning record in this year's WTA Finals by thrashing Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-0 in her final round-robin match.

The World No. 1 stated in her post-match press conference that she found the 18-year-old humble off the court and added that Gauff was coping well with all the attention she got.

"I feel off-court that she's really humble. I'm happy about that because I know that from a young age kind of all eyes were on her. I'm happy she's coping with that well. That's what I see, you know? She seems to have really good people around her, so, yeah," said Swiatek.

Swiatek accepted that while she has dominated Gauff in their matches so far, the young American has variety and flexibility in her game, which were on prominent display in the second set of their Roland Garros final this year.

"And on the court, I feel like sometimes I've been really dominating in matches against her. But for sure on Roland Garros, you could see her level. This final was I think in the second set it was really tight, right? Yeah, she is really tall. She has a good reach. But she's moving really, really well, and she's kind of flexible, you know," Swiatek said.

"Yeah, she has variety. She can go to the net. When I was her age, I didn't know how to play volleys, so I'm pretty jealous. Yeah, she's a great player, and you can see that on singles and doubles as well," she added.

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