"This is next level sh*t, and she deserves it" - Tennis fans react to Iga Swiatek getting recognition after winning US Open

Iga Swiatek was recently featured in a Vogue article that elaborated on her win against Ons Jabeur in the US Open final. Swiatek was interviewed by Vogue for her extraordinary year and monumental win at Flushing Meadows, and the tennis world has now shared its response to the long-due recognition for the World No. 1.

The American fashion publication pronounced Iga Swiatek as "the next generation’s most promising star."

"Following a period in which the women’s game felt wide open for a dominant new force to emerge, Swiatek is shaping up to be the next generation’s most promising star," Vogue wrote.

While recognizing the 2022 US Open as Serena Williams’ final bow, the article also endorsed the Slam as a mark of Swiatek’s emergence.

“This year’s U.S. Open will enter the history books as the last hurrah of the all-time great Serena Williams but there is every chance it could also be remembered for minting Swiatek as a serious contender well beyond her comfort zone of clay,” the article stated.

The Pole won her second Grand Slam of the year and third overall at the 2022 US Open. She has previously lifted the French Open trophy in 2020 and 2022.

Fans were quick to note that Iga Swiatek hardly received any recognition when she lifted her first Grand Slam trophy in Paris as a 19-year-old, or when she doubled her Roland Garros count this year.

“Winning US Open out of all Slams really gives you another status,” one fan said.

Another fan called out the French media for not being as influential as the US media.

“Well, it's basically because local French media is zero relevant in the rest of the world. But still, this is next level sh*t. Vogue damn. And she deserves it,” they wrote.

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“I don't know how the popularity thing is going to change, if it's going to change” – Iga Swiatek after winning the US Open

Iga Swiatek became the first woman since Angelique Kerber to win two Grand Slams in a calendar year

Having won the French Open earlier this year, Iga Swiatek has now become the first woman since Angelique Kerber in 2016 to win two Slams in a calendar year.

Speaking about her victorious run in New York in the post-match press conference, the World No. 1 admitted that winning the US Open was much different than winning any other Slam. Swiatek asserted that she is aware and cautious of how her win at Flushing Meadows affects her popularity off the court.

“For now I got to settle with what's happening right now. I'm going to see how I'm going to react. Because also winning the US Open is different than winning a slam in Europe or in Australia because I don't know how the popularity thing is going to change, if it's going to change,” she noted.

The US Open has seen many one-hit wonders, and critics have blamed stardom and pressure post-US Open as the culprits. But with Swiatek emerging as a dominant champion this year, it is unlikely that she won't add to her Slam count in the future.