<p>World number one Iga Swiatek defeated Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win her second Grand Slam title of the year with a straight sets victory in the US Open final on Saturday.</p>.<p>Polish star Swiatek overcame a spirited second set fightback from fifth seed Jabeur to win 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in 1hr 52min at Arthur Ashe Stadium.</p>.<p>The victory followed Swiatek's win at the French Open in June, making the 21-year-old the first woman since 2016 to win two Grand Slams in a single season.</p>.<p>Swiatek's 10th career title also extended her remarkable record in tournament finals.</p>.<p>She has now won her last 10 finals, without dropping a set.</p>.<p>But the loss was another agonising near-miss for Jabeur, who had been bidding to become the first woman from Africa to win a Grand Slam.</p>.<p>The 28-year-old from Tunis had also been beaten in the final of Wimbledon in July.</p>.<p>Jabeur impressed en route to the final, dropping only a single set and stitching together a string of assured performances.</p>.<p>But she was in trouble almost from the get-go against the clinical Swiatek, who was into her stride quickly with her serve and signature forehand functioning smoothly.</p>.<p>Jabeur by contrast looked jittery and and was broken to love in her first service game.</p>.<p>Swiatek held easily to go 3-0 up with only eight minutes gone in the first set.</p>.<p>Jabeur did threaten a revival when she held and then broke to close the gap to 3-2.</p>.<p>But the fifth seed was let down again by her shaky service game, a problem throughout Saturday's final, and Swiatek broke back for a 4-2 lead.</p>.<p>Jabeur was broken again as she served to stay in the set and Swiatek took the first set.</p>.<p>Swiatek threatened to run away with the second set after breaking Jabeur and holding to go 3-0 up.</p>.<p>Yet Jabeur showed great determination to break Swiatek to cut the deficit to 3-2.</p>.<p>Once again however Jabeur was unable to make the service break count and Swiatek broke again for a 4-2 lead.</p>.<p>This time, though, Jabeur dug deep to claw her way back into the contest, assisted by a slice of luck when a Swiatek return clipped a net cord to clinch a service break.</p>.<p>Jabeur held to level the score at 4-4 and suddenly the momentum had shifted.</p>.<p>The next three games went with serve and Jabeur was left serving to stay in the match. She fought off a match-point at 5-6 and 30-40 down before holding for 6-6.</p>.<p>Jabeur recovered from 4-2 down to lead 5-4 in the tie break, but it was Swiatek who showed greater composure, converting her second match point when Jabeur smacked a return long.</p>
<p>World number one Iga Swiatek defeated Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win her second Grand Slam title of the year with a straight sets victory in the US Open final on Saturday.</p>.<p>Polish star Swiatek overcame a spirited second set fightback from fifth seed Jabeur to win 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) in 1hr 52min at Arthur Ashe Stadium.</p>.<p>The victory followed Swiatek's win at the French Open in June, making the 21-year-old the first woman since 2016 to win two Grand Slams in a single season.</p>.<p>Swiatek's 10th career title also extended her remarkable record in tournament finals.</p>.<p>She has now won her last 10 finals, without dropping a set.</p>.<p>But the loss was another agonising near-miss for Jabeur, who had been bidding to become the first woman from Africa to win a Grand Slam.</p>.<p>The 28-year-old from Tunis had also been beaten in the final of Wimbledon in July.</p>.<p>Jabeur impressed en route to the final, dropping only a single set and stitching together a string of assured performances.</p>.<p>But she was in trouble almost from the get-go against the clinical Swiatek, who was into her stride quickly with her serve and signature forehand functioning smoothly.</p>.<p>Jabeur by contrast looked jittery and and was broken to love in her first service game.</p>.<p>Swiatek held easily to go 3-0 up with only eight minutes gone in the first set.</p>.<p>Jabeur did threaten a revival when she held and then broke to close the gap to 3-2.</p>.<p>But the fifth seed was let down again by her shaky service game, a problem throughout Saturday's final, and Swiatek broke back for a 4-2 lead.</p>.<p>Jabeur was broken again as she served to stay in the set and Swiatek took the first set.</p>.<p>Swiatek threatened to run away with the second set after breaking Jabeur and holding to go 3-0 up.</p>.<p>Yet Jabeur showed great determination to break Swiatek to cut the deficit to 3-2.</p>.<p>Once again however Jabeur was unable to make the service break count and Swiatek broke again for a 4-2 lead.</p>.<p>This time, though, Jabeur dug deep to claw her way back into the contest, assisted by a slice of luck when a Swiatek return clipped a net cord to clinch a service break.</p>.<p>Jabeur held to level the score at 4-4 and suddenly the momentum had shifted.</p>.<p>The next three games went with serve and Jabeur was left serving to stay in the match. She fought off a match-point at 5-6 and 30-40 down before holding for 6-6.</p>.<p>Jabeur recovered from 4-2 down to lead 5-4 in the tie break, but it was Swiatek who showed greater composure, converting her second match point when Jabeur smacked a return long.</p>