Iga Swiatek May Break Steffi Graf’s Record of Winning Most 6-0 Sets In A Year

Iga Swiatek is on an incredible winning streak. Her opponents consider themselves lucky if they can take a game or two per set. With the number of bagels (6-0 sets) she is handing out, she is reminding older tennis fans of Steffi Graf, who handed out bagels to her opponents for years.

Steff Graf won double digit bagel sets for 9 years – an incredible record.

Serena Williams won twenty five 6-0 sets in 2013. Kim Clijsters won eighteen 6-0 sets in 2003 and fifteen in 2005.

But with plenty of tennis left to play, Iga Swiatek has a good chance to set the record for the most bagel sets in a year.

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With French Open Outburst, Irina-Camelia Begu Joins A Notorious Club Of Bad Behaving Tennis Players

Tennis authorities are struggling to deal with players’ outbursts on the court. At the French Open. In a second round match against Ekaterina Alexandrova, Irina-Camelia Begu threw her racquet in frustration. The racquet bounced on the court and almost hit a boy in the stands. Surprisingly, Begu was not defaulted from the tournament.

The incident scared the boy, who started crying. The supervisor was called and the match was paused. Irina-Camelia Begu went on to win the match beating Alexandrova in three sets.

Begu apologized for the incident after the match.

It’s an embarrassing moment for me, so I don’t want to talk too much about it. I just want to apologize. My whole career, I didn’t do something like this, and I feel really bad and sorry

Begu received a code violation for the incident but was allowed to continue playing despite constant booing from the crowd. After winning the match, she took pictures with the child and his family.

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