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The truth is, tennis will be better off if both have strong second halves of the season.
Published Jul 26, 2022
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Osaka has already built a worldwide following, and remains one of the sport’s half-dozen biggest stars. Swiatek isn’t in that stratosphere as a personality yet, but she has quickly filled the void at the top of the WTA that Ash Barty left when she retired in March.
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Swiatek's winning streak is over, but she's also done with her self-proclaimed worst surface, grass.
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