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By Giri Nathan
[vc_empty_space height="15px"]There are hot streaks, there are breakout tournaments, and then there is whatever the hell 19-year-old Iga Swiatek is doing to the French Open right now. Last week we paid homage to an ornery youngster who barnstormed the French Open in 2017, but Swiatek’s run to the final has been even more startling thus far, and deserves a full statistical appreciation. She hasn’t dropped a set. She only even gave up four games in a set once. She has conceded 23 games total, for an average of 1.9 games per set. Only the Williams sisters have lost fewer games en route to a major final in the 21st century, as writer and Racquet contributor Alex Macpherson pointed out, and no woman has lost fewer games en route to her first major final since Mary Pierce lost 10 in 1994. Simona Halep came to Paris as the top seed and prohibitive favorite, had 13 wins straight as she squared up with Swiatek in the fourth round...and lost 1 and 2.