Paris >> Iga Swiatek overcame a second-set crisis and a third-set deficit to beat Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 and collect her third career championship at the French Open and fourth Grand Slam title.

“I really love being here,” Swiatek said. “Basically, it’s my favorite place on tour.”

Looking comfortable as can be at the outset, Swiatek raced to a 3-0 lead after just 10 minutes in Court Philippe Chatrier — taking 12 of the initial 15 points — and then was ahead 3-0 in the second set, too, before Muchova made things more intriguing.

Muchova grabbed five of six games on the way to pulling even at a set apiece. She carried that momentum into the deciding set, going ahead by a break twice.

That’s when Swiatek returned to her usual brand of crisp, clean tennis, scurrying around the red clay with sublime defense and finding just the occasions to try for a winner. She claimed the last three games of the match.

When it ended on a double-fault by Muchova, Swiatek dropped her racket, hunched forward and covered her face as she cried.

The 22-year-old from Poland has won the French Open twice in a row now, along with her 2020 title there and her triumph at the U.S. Open last September. That makes Swiatek the youngest woman with four Grand Slam trophies since Serena Williams was 20 when she got to that number at the 2002 U.S. Open.

“It’s pretty surreal, everything. But the match was really intense, a lot of ups and downs. Stressful moments and coming back,” said Swiatek, now 4-0 in major finals.

Djokovic seeks history >> Novak Djokovic faces Casper Ruud in the men’s singles final today at Roland Garros, seeking a men’s-record 23rd championship at a Grand Slam tournament.

Roger Federer, who announced his retirement last year, has 20 and Rafael Nadal, who is out since January with a hip injury and recently had arthroscopic surgery, is tied with Djokovic with 22. The only players in tennis history to exceed that number are Serena Williams, whose 23 are the most in the Open era, and Margaret Court, whose 24 came in part during the amateur era.

“I put myself, again, in a position to fight for another Grand Slam trophy,” Djokovic said after eliminating No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal. “I’ve been very fortunate that most of the matches in tournaments I’ve played in the last few years, there is history on the line. I like the feeling. It’s a privilege.”