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Tennis: Tearful Kenin admits injury hobbled Roland Garros hopes

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/10/11/sofia.jpg"/><figcaption>Sofia Kenin of the US reacts after losing against Poland&#x27;s Iga Swiatek at the end of their women&#x27;s singles final tennis match on Day 14 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 10, 2020. Martin Bureau, AFP.</figcaption></figure></div>PARIS, France -- Sofia Kenin wept in her courtside chair and then admitted her Roland Garros title hopes were undone by a leg injury as well as Iga Swiatek&#x27;s fearless assault.The American fourth seed, looking to add the French Open to her triumph in Australia earlier this year, went down 6-4, 6-1 in Saturday&#x27;s final.After dropping the first set, the 21-year-old slipped 2-1 behind in the second and required her left thigh to be taped after which she failed to win another game.&quot;I&#x27;m not going to use this as an excuse, but my leg obviously was not the best,&quot; she said. &quot;I&#x27;ve got to get some rest and hopefully my leg will get better.&quot;Kenin had spent three and a half hours more than Swiatek in getting to Saturday&#x27;s final.Four of her six matches had gone to three sets while Swiatek had not dropped a set the entire tournament.&quot;I&#x27;ve had the problem for a few of my matches. I&#x27;ve had to tape. I saw the physio and everything, so I was doing everything I can,&quot; explained the American. &quot;Today after the first set I just felt it was so tight, I couldn&#x27;t move. That&#x27;s why I had to call the trainer. It just got worse.&quot;The 19-year-old Swiatek, at 54 the lowest-ranked woman to capture the Roland Garros title in the modern era, is the ninth first-time major champion in the past 14 Grand Slams.She is also Poland&#x27;s first Grand Slam singles champion.Despite her disappointment, Kenin saluted her opponent.&quot;I feel like she served really well. She dictated really well with her forehand,&quot; she said.&quot;She played some great tennis. She&#x27;s got the really good spinny forehand up the line. Really good backhand down the line.&quot;As Swiatek collected the trophy from France&#x27;s 2000 champion Mary Pierce, Kenin admitted it was hard to look on.&quot;She was giving interview, and I was just sitting on the bench and crying. Obviously I had a lot of emotions. I tried my best to not cry in the speech and everything. At the end I cried.&quot;<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Sofia Kenin wept in her courtside chair and then admitted her Roland Garros title hopes were undone by a leg injury as well as Iga Swiatek's fearless assault.

Sofia Kenin wept in her courtside chair and then admitted her Roland Garros title hopes were undone by a leg injury as well as Iga Swiatek's fearless assault.