Dominant Swiatek sees off Gauff to reach French Open final

PARIS: Iga Swiatek’s tennis reflected the cloudless Paris sky. Crispy clean. The 23-year-old world No.1 had just 14 unforced errors in the Roland Garros semifinal against American Coco Gauff.
Swiatek, who has won 20 straight matches at the French Open, came through 6-2, 6-4 in an hour and 37-minutes to make her fourth final here in five years.
The match was going to plan for Swiatek, while Gauff, cheered on by the Philippe Chatrier crowd, couldn’t get her aggressive gameplan on the map.
The athletic 20-year-old, who had lost ten of their 11 meetings coming into the semifinal, appeared to make some inroads in the second set.
In the fourth game of the set, with Swiatek serving, a call on the serve was overruled by the umpire.
Gauff argued that she had hit the ball after the call was made, but the umpire disagreed. Gauff, who was reduced to tears by the incident, lost the point, but won the game. She, however, couldn’t quite get going thereafter.
The American justifiably reopened the debate of an appeal system that left no room for human error.
“I think tennis is the only sport where not only we don't have the VR system, but a lot of times the decisions are made by one person,” said Gauff, who’ll move to No.2 in the rankings on Monday. “In other sports there's usually multiple refs in making a decision. I know the US Open brought some of it last year. I know we used it in our doubles at one point.”
“It's almost ridiculous that we don't have it (in tennis). Not just speaking because of what happened to me, but I just think every sport has it,” she said. “Also, it sucks as a player to go back or online and you see that you were completely right.
“In situations where you can call for the supervisor, there's not much they can do. I definitely think as a sport we have to evolve, and we have the technology. They're showing it on TV, so I don't get why the player can't see it.”
In the final on Saturday, Swiatek, whose play is strung perfectly for this surface, will play the surprise package in Jasmine Paolini.
The 12th-seeded Italian, whose ranking will now climb to No.7 on account of making the final here, beat the 17-year-old Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-1 in the second semifinal.