PARIS: World No 1 Iga Swiatek claimed bronze in the Olympic women’s tennis on Friday, a day after her 25-match Roland Garros win streak came to an end.
Four-time French Open champion Swiatek of Poland eased past Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-1, 6-1 in an hour of one-sided action on Court Philippe Chatrier.
Swiatek was defeated by China’s Zheng Qinwen in Thursday’s semifinals – her first loss in Paris since 2021 – while Schmiedlova went down against Donna Vekic of Croatia.
The 23-year-old Swiatek was in tears following her loss to Zheng and she wept again on Friday despite becoming the first Polish player to win an Olympic tennis medal.