Iga Świątek walked into the Korea Open final under fire. After a disastrous first set where she was dominated 1-6 by Ekaterina Alexandrova, many assumed the match was over before it really began. But what followed was a masterclass in grit, nerve, and timing.
She rallied through errors, double faults, and periods where nothing seemed to work—but she stayed alive. She forced a tiebreak in set two, edged it 7-3, and in the third, broke through when it mattered most. The final score: 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-5. Thorny, brutal, earned. That win marked her 25th career WTA title and her third of 2025.
What makes this win stick isn’t the trophy—it’s everything she survived to get it. Swiatek confessed afterward, “Honestly, I don’t know how I won it… I just tried to stay alive.” That moment, more than any highlight, defines a champion.
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