'Swiatek Still Dominating Women's Game Despite Gauff's Success' Says Dellacqua

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Former Australian WTA player Casey Dellacaqua thinks that Iga Swiatek is still dominating the women's side of tennis despite the recent rise of Coco Gauff.

Iga Swiatek firmly dominated women's tennis last year, but the picture is a bit murkier this year. Her recent triumph at the China Open certainly proved that she's still one of the best if not the best, player on the Tour, but she faced quite a bit of competition this year. There were no 37-match-winning streaks this year.

Aryna Sabalenka became world number one after the US Open, and she's also the current number one. She won a Grand Slam earlier this year in Melbourne, as did Coco Gauff, whose recent rise certainly put everyone on alert.

So there is clearly more parity this year compared to last year, but even so, former player Dellacqua still thinks that Swiatek is ahead.

Obviously, Swiatek for me is still dominating the women’s game even though Coco (Gauff) got up at the US Open and won her first major. We all saw what Gauff was able to achieve at the US Open, but I think in terms of domination and who is still on top of the women’s game, you can’t go passed Swiatek.

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It's a fair point by the former Australian who spoke about the state of women's tennis on the AO Show Podcast. A pretty big showdown is coming up at the WTA Finals in Cancun, which will feature all of these players, so we'll see who does best.

Most of them are playing pretty well right now so it should be a pretty spectacular showdown.

At this time of the year she is still putting in some great performances and she’s still got it over Coco Gauff in terms of head-to-head.

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