Nick Kyrgios laughs at girls’s tennis as Iga Swiatek wins third French Open

Nick Kyrgios laughed off the concept girls’s tennis wasn’t boring as Iga Swiatek won the French Open title for the third time within the final 4 years. The world No 26 replied to Rennae Stubbs’ tweet suggesting that the ladies’s semi-finals have been extra thrilling than the boys’s matches on the identical stage.

The girls’s singles event on the French Open concluded with an thrilling ultimate between high seed Swiatek and shock bundle Muchova. The world No 1 was a set and 3-0 up earlier than the Czech star stormed again to take the second and began the ultimate set with an early break.

But it was the 22-year-old who retained her title from final yr and lifted her fourth Grand Slam trophy after a two-hour-and-46-minute battle. During the match, former pro-turned-coach Rennae Stubbs slammed the concept girls’s tennis was boring an stated each the semi-finals and ultimate have been proof.

The Australian tweeted: “Don’t tell me women’s tennis boring! The semis were better and now this final is fantastic! Yes the 2nd set of Alcaraz Joker was amazing but the match was blah and the Rudd Zverev match was BLAHHH . Thank goodness for the ladies!”

But Kyrgios appeared to make enjoyable of her remark, replying with a crying-laughing emoji. When Stubbs responded saying: “Tell me where I am wrong Nick?” he responded with the identical emoji.

It comes after the French Open got here underneath hearth for scheduling 10 males’s matches throughout the 11 evening session slots once more this yr, with the ladies getting only one. Both girls’s semi-finals have been thrilling encounters, with Muchova coming from 2-5 and match level down within the third set to defeat second seed Aryna Sabalenka.

Swiatek got here again from a break down in each units to defeat Beatriz Haddad Maia earlier than contesting the tight conflict with Muchova on Saturday. In comparability, the primary men’s semi-final had a disappointing end when Carlos Alcaraz began cramping towards Novak Djokovic at 1-1 within the third set and received only one extra sport – with a ultimate rating of 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1.