At Roland Garros, Simona Halep was on a 17-match winning streak, she was the tournament favorite and the No. 1 seed. Iga Swiatek didn't seem to care about any of those stats as she only needed 70 minutes to dispatch the Romanian, 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday.
It was night and day from the last time these two met, which was in the same round in Paris last year. Swiatek would get swept off the court, only collecting one game against the two-time Grand Slam champion.
"I was thinking about it, because as I said it was like a huge lesson for me," Swiatek said. "I knew that I can play differently and I can finally show my best tennis. So I was thinking about it, but more like in a positive way because I was thinking of a whole process that I've made and progress."
This time around, Swiatek felt more equipped to handle the big moment.