Poland's Iga Swiatek blew away Greece's Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-1 to win a windswept Indian Wells last on Sunday and transfer as much as quantity two on the earth rankings.

One other windy day within the California desert made life depressing for each gamers, the gusts contributing to an uneven contest suffering from 9 breaks of serve.

The 20-year-old Swiatek claimed six of these breaks together with two in a one-sided second set, clinching a second consecutive WTA 1000 title with a thundering forehand winner.

The title is the fifth of 2020 French Open champion Swiatek's profession.

"It is fairly loopy as a result of I wasn't anticipating to be in that place (last) particularly after taking part in so effectively within the earlier match; I did not realize it was potential for me to play that effectively for that lengthy," mentioned Swiatek, winner of the WTA 1000 occasion in Doha in February. "It was a distinct match, for certain, due to the circumstances.

"You at all times need to see one of the best last that is potential, however in these circumstances it was fairly arduous to, as I mentioned, play tactically as I wished, so ultimately I used to be simply specializing in taking part in in."

After shedding her first three conferences with the Greek, Swiatek has now come out on prime within the final two, with Sunday's victory extending her WTA match-win streak to 11.

Sakkari earned a spot within the last by dispatching defending champion Paula Badosa however had no solutions for the windy circumstances and a targeted Swiatek.

With the win Swiatek will get up on Monday as the brand new world quantity two and whereas she mentioned that appears surreal she is already focusing on Ash Barty and primary.

"Proper now it is too surreal to explain it, truthfully," mentioned Swiatek. "However for certain I need to go increased as a result of I really feel like getting the primary is nearer and nearer.

"For certain, Ash is without doubt one of the gamers that I need to take a look at."

Regardless of the loss, Sakkari will soar to quantity three on the earth rankings on Monday, matching Stefanos Tsitsipas for the best place achieved by a Greek participant.

The ultimate obtained off to a scrappy begin with 4 straight breaks of serve however Swiatek obtained to grips with the tough circumstances first, holding to go 3-2 up and breaking Sakkari to take a one-set lead.

Sakkari by no means settled into the competition. She held serve to start out the second set however after that it was one-way visitors as Swiatek swept 5 consecutive video games.

"Clearly it wasn't my day," mentioned Sakkari. "There's not a lot I can say about the best way I performed.

"Clearly it was windy. We have been each scuffling with our serves at first of the match. (However the) wind is rarely an excuse as a result of wind is for each of us."