IGA SWIATEK BECOMES FIRST POLE TO WIN GRAND SLAM AT 19

But her performance in the final was even more impressive as she stormed past the doughty Australian Open champion Kenin in a nerveless and stunning display.

“It’s crazy for me because I watch every year how Rafa lifts this trophy so it’s crazy that I’m in the same place,” Swiatek said in amusing fashion in her on-court interview.

The new tennis superstar from Warsaw remarkably did not drop a single set throughout the tournament and has become the youngest winner at Roland Garros since Monica Seles lifted the Suzanne Lenglen Cup in 1992.

Kenin looked off colour throughout as she won just three points in the opening three games in a slow start, and it never got much better as the ebullient Swiatek controlled the majority of the rallies.

The American had to receive off-court medical treatment on her left thigh after the third game of the second set, and it was at this point that the result appeared to not be in any doubt.

But the fourth seed’s fitness struggles on the day must take nothing away from her victorious opponent, who has confirmed her place as an established star at just 19 with a quite sensational all-round game.