Iga Swiatek is in New York chasing for the revamped US Open mixed doubles she is playing alongside Casper Ruud . She played the first match of this tournament a day after clinching her second title of the season.

On Monday (August 18), Swiatek beat Jasmine Paolini in straight sets to win the Cincinnati Masters for the first time . The win surprised her, because she didn’t expect herself to claim a title on a faster hardcourt in Cincinnati. Her win is a bad sign for the rest of the WTA, according to former player from America, Steve Johnson . He said on the Nothing Major podcast:

Everyone is talking about Coco [Gauff] and [Aryna] Sabalenka, the other players, where it’s like okay let’s forget about Iga for a second. She was kind of in the background. And she is playing extrem

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